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A clown with a flamethrower still has a flamethrower.
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In 1972 or 1973 I saw Godspell at Ford's Theatre . . . yes, that Ford's Theatre, but only Jesus died.
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As well you shouldn't.
Trump: “We had the safest border in the history of our country - or at least recorded history. I guess maybe a thousand years ago it was even better.”
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Lovin ' me some Kimmel
Eamus Catuli~AC 000000 000101 010202 020303 010304 020405....Ahhhh, forget it, it's gonna be a while.
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Tell Sinclair advertisers: stop supporting pro-Trump propagandaVrede too wrote: ↑Sun Mar 11, 2018 10:23 amI 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....billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Sun Mar 11, 2018 9:10 amThe 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
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.
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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His character grifter Harry ‘the Hat’ Gittes on Cheers was a good one.Vrede too wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:56 pmHarry 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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A clown with a flamethrower still has a flamethrower.
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1312. ETTD.
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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.
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.
Trump: “We had the safest border in the history of our country - or at least recorded history. I guess maybe a thousand years ago it was even better.”
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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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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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Or, cover both bases with:
A clown with a flamethrower still has a flamethrower.
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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
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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And then there's science shows like NOVA, which has had jihads launched against it for covering evolution and climate science.billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 12:04 pmtorture, 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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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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-FhWB1POWQ
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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.