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This is easily among my all time favorite TV shows. It combines the comfort that comes from 70s sitcoms with murder mystery. 50 years later, it's still very funny and watching Peter Falk at his best is an absolute pleasure.
Additionally, the pilot was directed by a 25 year-old Steven Spielberg. The other cast & crew of the show apparently loved him and said stuff along the lines of "this kid's going places!"
Apr 20, 2024
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columbo - double exposure: impossible to pick a fav, but this one is mind blowing and has one of my fav villains - the dude played three different murderers on the show lol
seinfeld - the merv griffin show: love that this is peak delusional kramer antics
the simpsons - you only move twice: again impossible to pick a fav but this one is so weird and good
Feb 9, 2024
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hear me out, y'all. this has been my comfort show for like a hundred years. it never gets old. the epitome of #wholesome.
do you love:
-tiny coastal towns
-bumbling nephews
-old people having crushes on each other
-grumpy small-town doctors
-cops being shown up by an old lady
-that same old lady confronting murderers and saying things to them like, "now stop this fiddle faddle!"
if you answered "yes" to any of the above, this show is for you!
maybe it's just because i spent most of my childhood around no-nonsense, bookish, old people in new england, but this show is A VIBE so stop sleeping on it.
Apr 15, 2024
I only watch old ass stuff at this point. If there's a Show Of The Moment I just can't be bothered, I'll get to it years from now and I'm ok with that. Lately I've been burning through Taxi, which is wildly great. The cast is all powerhouses and includes but is not limited to Judd Hirsch, Danny DeVito, Andy Kaufman, Christopher Lloyd (as the proto Kramer), Tony Danza, Carol Kane and more. Truly STARS and they're all just popping off. It was funny then, it's still funny now and has the heart that so many contemporary comedies try overly hard and fail to achieve. Good stuff baby!!
May 6, 2024
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just get clothes for yourself damn, stop driving the goodwill prices up
Apr 19, 2024
With the recent passing of David Lynch, I felt it necessary to explore his works in totality in tribute to the loss of a brilliant artist. This is a journey that I have not yet completed, but it has been a tremendous self-actualizing experience.
I am not alone in this journey. Last week, I watched Blue Velvet for the first time. Not long after I finished the film, analysis videos appeared on my Tiktok feed. It was a fine video and a sound analysis of the film, but not long after I felt as though I had been mentally visited by David Lynch's ghost; shaking his head in disappointment at me. For many years I had been happy to listen to reviews, video essays, other people's analyses, etc., sometimes even before coming to my own conclusions about them. I think the point of David Lynch's works — and indeed art, media, etc., broadly — is to keep asking questions about them. The second you come to a conclusion at all, you stop thinking about the work, and that magic of exploration is lost.
David Lynch believed that within every human being is a vast ocean of consciousness, a creative force within us all or — in a word — magic. When you sit, think, ask questions, and catch your own unique ideas, this is a scrap of magic from that creative ocean within you. It's what makes you human.
So please, put down your phone and log off of your computer a while. Go to a museum and stare at a painting that catches your fancy for a long, long time. Watch a weird artsy film and then take a walk in a park and argue with yourself. And never stop doing that. You are beautiful and capable of making ideas that no one else has had before. And that is magical and should be celebrated.
Thank you for reading this kind of rambling post. I hope you have a nice evening. RIP David Lynch.
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