Favorite Emmy ad: For Curb Your Enthusiasm [and platform]:
Larry David taking of mask to show alien face and saying: My job is done here. And with another alien boarding a flying saucer and flying away! On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 4:22 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/tvornottv/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/tvornottv/topics> > > - Quickie Review: Monsieur Spade > <#m_-5014243596806928253_group_thread_0> - 1 Update > - 'Sopranos' Creator: Tee Vee Sux > <#m_-5014243596806928253_group_thread_1> - 4 Updates > - 'Honeymooners'' 'Trixie' Dies at 99 > <#m_-5014243596806928253_group_thread_2> - 1 Update > > Quickie Review: Monsieur Spade > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/f0a44805c68b46dd?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > "Kevin M." <[email protected]>: Jan 15 09:49PM -0800 > > I like noir. This is not quite noir, but it’s close. If I was watching it > on AMC instead of iTunes I’d be frustrated by commercial breaks seemingly > every two minutes, often in the middle of scenes. Aside from that, it’s > worth taking a look at. > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > Back to top <#m_-5014243596806928253_digest_top> > 'Sopranos' Creator: Tee Vee Sux > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/44339b09b3fba8d3?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>: Jan 15 07:50AM -0800 > > In an interview with the Times of London (which is behind a pay wall), > David Chase says that the 25th anniversary of his groundbreaking "The > Sopranos" should be considered "a funeral," not a celebration, and that > television is starting to dumb down again: > > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sopranos-david-chase-tv-dumb-interview-1235787462/ > "Kevin M." <[email protected]>: Jan 15 08:18AM -0800 > > I think if Chase checks, there was dumbed down TV 25 years ago, too. And > although I liked (but did not love) The Sopranos, I wouldn’t classify it as > smart TV. It was well made TV, but it wasn’t smart TV. > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > Adam Bowie <[email protected]>: Jan 15 04:56PM > > Whatever you think of The Sopranos, I think Chase is right. > > Yes, there's still Succession, Fargo, The Bear, White Lotus and so on being > made. But I'm not going to kid myself that this is what Netflix et al will > be producing for the most part in the future. The most popular drama on the > recent Netflix data dump was The Night Agent, which frankly, is rubbish. I > only managed one episode. A bit more swearing than a network show, and > perhaps more sex (I don't know), but otherwise, it might have aired on CBS. > > And it just feels to me that we're getting more of these "gourmet burgers" > as Netflix's Bela Bajaria put it herself. In other words, if NCIS is > McDonalds, then The Night Agent is McDonalds with fancier presentation and > slightly better ingredients. But only very slightly. But just as I might > like a burger and fries from time to time, I also like to eat better food, > and that's what it feels like is going away. Like a town where the only > restaurants are chain fast food places. > > Amazon's hottest show right now is Reacher. And it's absolutely... fine. > It's definitely not exceptional in any way. It has more cash spent on it > than a network show - the action sequences are better. But it's still very > obviously Canada doubling for the US for tax reasons, and has an > A-to-B-to-C plot that is not going to challenge any viewer who is also > scrolling TikTok at the same time. I've no doubt it works well globally > because there's not even an enormous amount of dialogue to translate/dub. > Nobody ever got poor on selling big guys firing big guns. > > It's just a televisual reversion to the mean. > > > Adam > > Tom Wolper <[email protected]>: Jan 15 12:08PM -0500 > > In a world of 500+ TV series there are going to be only 2 or 3 that are > going to be considered classic or brilliant. And if these 2 or 3 brilliant > series aren’t recognized by the algorithms to push into people’s feeds they > won’t be found by a mass audience. > > Back to top <#m_-5014243596806928253_digest_top> > 'Honeymooners'' 'Trixie' Dies at 99 > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/572991483730cdc8?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>: Jan 15 07:17AM -0800 > > Joyce Randolph was the last surviving of "with the stars" from the > so-called Classic 39 1955 cast of Jackie Gleason's "The Honeymooners," > having started playing Ed Norton's wife in the sketches on Gleason's CBS > variety show before it spun off into its one season on its own--she left > Gleason after that, but thanks to the constant rerunning of the Classic 39 > (and the so-called "Lost Episodes" from the variety show that were added > to > the package in the 90s), she is the most well-known Trixie--she died in > her > sleep on Saturday: > > > https://www.thewrap.com/joyce-randolph-honeymooners-trixie-norton-dies-obit/ > Back to top <#m_-5014243596806928253_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. 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