[TV orNotTV] Streaming Mannix, et al [Was: AMPTP calling for…]

2023-08-04 Thread PGage
I had been debating literally for years whether to buy some vintage TV dramas on DVD that seemed resistant to streaming. During prime pandemic I bought The Fugitive box set and a DVD player, and counted both cheap against the pleasure. Within the last year I bought Mannix, and as noted below am

Re: [TV orNotTV] Digest for tvornottv@googlegroups.com - 11 updates in 4 topics

2023-08-04 Thread Mark Smith
I had to search the webs for someone that was in the room. Jack Smith stared at Trump, and Trump would not look at Jack Smith [BTW no mug shot, but electronic fingerprints] Fact checkers later did a good job of indictment reads and probation conditions. On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 5:22 AM wrote: >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Well, here it comes: the Trek musical

2023-08-04 Thread M-D November
Anyone else think the joke about 'a universe where we turn into bunnies' was a reference to Buffy's "Once More with Feeling"? Without spoiling too much...as both a Trek fan and a lover of musical theater, I think they managed to find a sweet spot between the two genres. The songs were above

[TV orNotTV] Re: The state of televised news…

2023-08-04 Thread M-D November
Jon Stewart had the perfect caption for this back when he was hosting TDS - at the time it only applied to F** News, but once could make an argument that "Crisis on Bullshit Mountain" applies pretty equally to all of the 24hr news networks these days. On Friday, August 4, 2023 at 6:51:34 AM

[TV orNotTV] Re: The state of televised news…

2023-08-04 Thread 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV
I couldn't disagree more with this. Maddow proved the other night that 23 minutes of reading and recapping the indictment was deadly, and she was touching on just the highlights. To spend 60 minutes or more reading and annotating it would have been illustrated radio and sets clicking off