And Shooter McGavin shows up.
The game, not the actual trail.
The history of video games is not even a particular interest of mine but these documentaries are so well made, I get sucked in. Kudos to The Gaming Historian, check out his channel if you have any interest at all. It's a thousand pounds of entertainment even though I can only carry 15 pounds back to the wagon.
Happy National Beagle Day to all who celebrate!
Ok, I know it's not particularly new and original to point out the fact that we are long since past the point where there’s a special day for everything in the world. But I do want to use this opportunity to both celebrate and reveal the ultimate Beagle Day irony.
I happen to own a Beagle calendar. Each month, it reveals a new cute photo of a Beagle living life. It also notes all the special occasions and holidays for me so that I don’t have to. Do you know what day the Beagle calendar doesn’t have? National Beagle Day. Unreal. Unreal and outrageous.
Speaking of bad movies, Neil Breen has a new one. Well, not "new" but RLM spaces these things out a bit.
If an hour and twenty minutes is too long for you, you can skip to 45 minutes to get the short recap.
But if you do have the time to watch the full episode, then if you've come this far perhaps you can come a little farther. Read the description on the youtube page.
I don't believe I've ever seen a Don Dohler film before. Everything I know about him is from the frequent mentions by Red Letter Media. The impression they give is that his films are all people wandering around the woods and often in the dark. (And also rundown houses are a "Don Dohler House")
Well, it is that, but I was pleasantly surprised that it's not as dreary as it sounds. It's goofy enough that it stays fairly fun.
And if you're wondering what that crazy accent is, this was filmed in Maryland.
Are you ready for a chick flick? Are you ready to get EMOTIONAL. Time for "Steel Magnolias," if you can handle it.
You can read my weak observations on "Steel Magnolias" here.
This movie was right in the middle of an epic run of theater-going. October 1989 was "Look Who's Talking" and "The Bear"; November 1989 was "Back to the Future II" and "Steel Magnolias"; December 1989 was "The Wizard." Then January of 1990 was "Driving Miss Daisy" and February was "Glory" and it just goes on.
One thing I never noticed before. The old guy who's a love interest for Shirley MacLaine... that's friggin' Dropo, the laziest man on Mars from "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians." Holy moly.
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The newest hit from the annals of 60's Rhythm and Blues. They just don't make 'em like this anymore.
An opera singer hearing Michael McDonald for the first time. Nice.
Watch the precision here. She zeroes in on both the "bounce" and the smoothness. The Yacht Rock genre is defined by two characteristics: 1) Smoothness and 2) The Doobie Bounce (with some exceptions). Not surprisingly, "What a Fool Believes" is the only song to achieve a perfect 100 on the Yachtski Scale.
Of course she also asks: if Michael McDonald was a smoothie, what kind of smoothie would he be? So there's that.
Her "Happy Songs that are Actually Sad" genre suggestion is eerily similar to a genre I've been thinking about for a while. Maybe I'll write more about that some day. I think the two things are different enough that it could still be valid.
Good news everybody! Cassie is watching Star Trek: The Next Generation. She's going season by season. First she watched a few season 1 episodes and now a few episodes from season 2, where things get better.
When Judge Advocate General Captain Philippa Louvois calls Picard "a pompous ass and a damn sexy man," is that appropriate in the military?
"The breadfruit grows on a spreading tree, about the size of a large apple tree. The fruit is round and has a thick, tough rind. It is gathered when it is full-grown and hard. It is then baked in an oven until the rind is black and scorched. This is scraped off, and the inside is soft and white like the crumb of a penny loaf."
A fruit that tastes like bread? Very intriguing. It is bound to disappoint but I may try the experiment anyway.
Here's a video about how to prepare it, if you'd like to learn more.
