What I’m watching

I stumbled across this one, and found it fun.

Watching one of their vids on Texas BBQ. It too is very fun.

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My two (younger) sisters are in town (we were all born between 1956 and 1960) and someone mentioned Laugh-In, so I took out the laptop and we watched a handful of episode fragments, and found most of them as funny today as they seemed then.

As kids watching, we all recalled understanding only some of the jokes, knowing some were dirty, and thinking the show show was funny, all the time knowing we’d soon hear from the kitchen, “turn off that trash and do your homework!”

If you’re of a similar age. go out and watch a few segments with a cocktail in your hand, and be prepared to realize how little things change over time and how funny most of it is, 50+ years later. Example: the ladies singing and dancing in costumes while introducing the news segment each week, put a lot of effort into the costumes and changes in music and dancing that introduced that segment.

I know you probably had to be there, but that was funny stuff!

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I stumbled across this little gem. I thought it was a pretty good look at Them and our Utes broke or helped rearrange CFB.

Watching “The Dark Crystal” and ruminating on the question “Just how many psychedelics does one have to use to come up with a movie like this?” :wink:

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I refound me some Fluffy. I’ve laughed so hard that I gave myself an asthma attack.

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His bit on India is frickin hilarious

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I blame him for the greatest line ever that I get to use when I see my friend Martín. :wink:

Gods, I adore that movie. Between Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and the Dragonlance Chronicles books, my lifelong nerdery (and love of all things David Bowie) was cemented quite early. :rofl:

The Netflix series was excellent as well, but sadly got cancelled after just one season.

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I know you watch the show!!!

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I’m late to this series. I watched this one first. Probably watch the next two before Halloween.

Also, rewatched this:

Because this drops (Album wise) tomorrow:

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RE: Warriors.

Maybe someone who was there when this was in theaters, but having watched it at home and cracking up pretty much throughout the run time, was this taken seriously when it came out? To me it plays like a half-rate satire and is hopelessly corny otherwise.

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I saw it in the theater when it came out. I thought it was great fun.

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No, it wasn’t taken seriously but it was done in fun. Now movies like “Colors” and “Boyz N Tha Hood” was taken seriously.

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I watched Brothers on Prime last night. Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage play twin brothers. Brendan Fraser is the antagonist. I’m glad it was straight to streaming as it was hilarious but not blockbuster material by any means.

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Why did this remind me of “Tiptoes” the wildest movie I forgot existed?

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Watched “Oddity” last night on Shudder. Super creepy atmosphere and there were multiple amazing jump scares and one of them would be in my top 5 of all time (and I’m a horror movie junkie).

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Took the kids to see The Wild Robot this afternoon. While I generally cringe at kid’s movies, the fact it had a 98% rating with both critics and audiences had me intrigued.

It certainly lives up to the reviews, and is an absolutely wonderful film. Kinda reminds me of a mash-up of Iron Giant and Big Hero 6 with jaw-dropping animation and truly remarkable voice acting. Matt Berry steals the damn show (as always), but Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, and Mark Hamill are are all stellar as well. Be warned, it’ll be a big punch in the gut if you’re a parent, but is absolutely worth it.

Shame it’s received exactly zero marketing as it’s one of the very few kids movies that I found to be fantastic for both young and adult audiences. 5/5 stars, without any reservations.

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The Wild Robot is already streaming on Amazon Prime.

With your review I think I’ve found something to watch this weekend.

Though I restarted Reginald the Vampire as both seasons are available now.

It’s a lot of fun, we purchased it recently and really enjoyed the movie. It’s done by the creator of Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon, so that’s a pretty good indication that it’s going to be good.

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Oh? Yeah, my daughter loved it when she saw it with her friends. I too will probably visit it over the weekend.