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Vrede too wrote:
Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:25 pm
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Speaking of ignorant sluts....before they were stars. I must have been a teenage insomniac, I remember this segment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7gvTEA2uT8
Interesting. How did that show and its cast members do? :wave:
Turned out great for some of them, others didn't have a long lifespan. Lotta sex, drugs and rock and roll were prevalent.

Guess that interview was on a Saturday night right before the show premiered.
NBC occasionally used Tomorrow to plug various holes in its late-night schedule. Following the end of The Best of Carson weekend reruns of the Tonight show, Snyder stepped in to do a special Saturday 11:30 p.m. ninety-minute broadcast of Tomorrow with Jerry Lewis as the only guest on October 4, 1975 because a new program meant to premiere that evening was not ready to launch. Lewis was interviewed for one hour and fifteen minutes, before Snyder brought out the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" (Gilda Radner, Laraine Newman, Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, and John Belushi) for the last fifteen minutes of the show so that their boss—show's executive producer Lorne Michaels who did most of the talking—could introduce the debut cast of the network's new sketch series NBC's Saturday Night (the title would not be changed to Saturday Night Live until 1977) to the national audience.
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3 years BEFORE Roots (1977 miniseries):
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is an American television film based on the novel of the same name by Ernest J. Gaines starring Cicely Tyson as the titular heroine. The film was broadcast on CBS on Thursday, January 31, 1974....

Synopsis

The time is the early 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Jane (played by Cicely Tyson), a former slave, is celebrating her 110th birthday. Two men tell her that a little girl is going to a segregated water fountain; she gets arrested because she is black. The next day Jane is interviewed by a journalist named Quentin Lerner (played by Michael Murphy) and she tells the story of her life. The climax of the story shows Jane going to the water fountain to desegregate it; her lifespan has bridged the time of slavery and the Civil Rights Movement.

Awards

Directors Guild of America Award
Nine Emmy Awards

Actress of the Year (Cicely Tyson)
Best Directing in Drama, A Single Program - Comedy or Drama
Best Lead Actress in a Drama (Cicely Tyson)
Best Music Composition for a Special Program (Fred Karlin)
Best Writing in Drama, Adaptation (Tracy Keenan Wynn)
Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design (Bruce Walkup and Sandra Stewart)
Outstanding Achievement in Makeup (Stan Winston and Rick Baker)
Outstanding Limited Series (Robert Christiansen and Rick Rosenberg)
Outstanding Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts (Lynda Gurasich, hairstylist)
Nominated for a BAFTA award
Best Actress (Cicely Tyson)
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I remember that as being very good.

I'd love to rewatch Roots as well as The Winds of War but I can't find any free streams.
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Vrede too wrote:
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3 years BEFORE...
Did you ever watch ER?

Been going down a Hulu rabbit hole with it.

What a great show.
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Did you ever watch ER?

Been going down a Hulu rabbit hole with it.

What a great show.
I did for awhile, but eventually dropped it. I don't watch any medical dramas.
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:laughing-rolling: SNL cold open:
Spoiler:

Nikki Haley!!! :thumbup:
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Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:38 pm
:laughing-rolling: SNL cold open:
Spoiler:

Nikki Haley!!! :thumbup:
I did a double take. :shock:
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GoCubsGo wrote:
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Vrede too wrote:
Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:38 pm
:laughing-rolling: SNL cold open:
Spoiler:
Nikki Haley!!! :thumbup:
I did a double take. :shock:
:lol: Ditto. At first I thought it might be a doppelganger actor, then I thought it might be clever edits of old video.
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Vrede too wrote:
Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:16 am
GoCubsGo wrote:
Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:10 am
Vrede too wrote:
Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:38 pm
:laughing-rolling: SNL cold open:
Spoiler:
Nikki Haley!!! :thumbup:
I did a double take. :shock:
:lol: Ditto. At first I thought it might be a doppelganger actor, then I thought it might be clever edits of old video.
Ayo Edebiri was good.
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This is a real tweet

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So she benefitted greatly from government programs intended to help people in poverty to avoid starvation while "lifting themselves" and she now accuses the sponsors of those programs of being "radical socialists." Riiiiight. That's the ticket.

That's like if someone owed their job and high position to a person who they subsequently betray and deride. Right, Uncle Tim?, How about you, Macie?

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GoCubsGo wrote:
Sun Feb 04, 2024 1:04 am
Vrede too wrote:
Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:16 am
GoCubsGo wrote:
Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:10 am
Vrede too wrote:
Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:38 pm
:laughing-rolling: SNL cold open:
Spoiler:
Nikki Haley!!! :thumbup:
I did a double take. :shock:
:lol: Ditto. At first I thought it might be a doppelganger actor, then I thought it might be clever edits of old video.
Ayo Edebiri was good.
:thumbup: A comic hosting a comedy show, what a concept!


CNN Town Hall South Carolina Cold Open - SNL

:lol: :clap: Someone deserves a raise.
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billy.pilgrim wrote:
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... I watched 8 or 10 episodes of Ghosts. I liked it and have no idea why I stopped watching....
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billy.pilgrim wrote:
Mon Jan 15, 2024 12:24 am
Vrede too wrote:
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https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=all%2 ... rYLrw,st:0

During the episode the name of his ship was mentioned,or maybe it was on his hat or something. Anyway I googled it. It went down with all hands.
I may have missed all or part of Series 3 (2022) :oops: I'll have to look for streaming. There were HMS Repulse survivors:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Repul ... 6)#Force_Z
Crew was 967 and there was "the loss of 508 officers and men." Did Mrs Hall learn that he died? I can't find the answer online.
He only left on it. It hasn’t been sunk yet.
You’re right, I remember now that there “will be” survivors.
Merry Christmas!
Spoiler:

I was waiting for bad news about him, but no. I keep forgetting that the books are based on irl events, not TV scriptwriting.

Otoh, a child is born :clap: . . . and a vet gets bitten on the ass :lol:
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The Daily Show - Jon Stewart's Tucker-trashing monologue :lol: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Vrede too wrote:
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The Daily Show - Jon Stewart's Tucker-trashing monologue :lol: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
:happy-cheerleaderkid:

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Vrede too wrote:
Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:00 pm
billy.pilgrim wrote:
Mon Jan 15, 2024 12:24 am
Vrede too wrote:
Mon Jan 15, 2024 12:06 am
billy.pilgrim wrote:
Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:29 pm
https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=all%2 ... rYLrw,st:0

During the episode the name of his ship was mentioned,or maybe it was on his hat or something. Anyway I googled it. It went down with all hands.
I may have missed all or part of Series 3 (2022) :oops: I'll have to look for streaming. There were HMS Repulse survivors:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Repul ... 6)#Force_Z
Crew was 967 and there was "the loss of 508 officers and men." Did Mrs Hall learn that he died? I can't find the answer online.
He only left on it. It hasn’t been sunk yet.
You’re right, I remember now that there “will be” survivors.
Merry Christmas!
Spoiler:

I was waiting for bad news about him, but no. I keep forgetting that the books are based on irl events, not TV scriptwriting.

Otoh, a child is born :clap: . . . and a vet gets bitten on the ass :lol:
And Mrs. Hall got a good view.
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billy.pilgrim wrote:
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And Mrs. Hall got a good view.
:lol: Merry Christmas!

... and Farnon and Carmody did not.
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GoCubsGo wrote:
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I’ve missed him so much
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