Untold Mr. T: I Pity The Fool (2026)

 

There's a new Mr. T documentary on Netflix, it's part of a series of documentaries called "Untold" so the title differs depending on whether people treat it as a movie or a TV episode. As someone who did a Mr. T retrospective on this blog, I was interested.

At 48 minutes (including the ridiculous Netflix credits), it's very brief and skips over quite a few things. They cover some of growing up, as it shapes who the character of Mr. T is, but don't mention what happened to his father or T's time in the army. 

They cover his rise to success but don't explore the idea that it all may have gone to his head, that he may have gotten a little ego-maniacal (slightly), aside from showing clips and allowing us to guess for ourselves.

When his popularity starts going south they mention everyone suing him, including family members, but no details are given at all. We hear from his daughter for the first time but don't get a good sense of her experience.

It covers Mr. T being diagnosed with cancer and that plot point is dropped as quickly as it arises. I suppose since we know he's still alive, we're supposed to figure it out for ourselves.

All these criticisms are admitted and yet I do recommend the film because it's a documentary about Mr. T and it's what we have - I don't think a better one is going to be made.

In true Mr. T fashion, he has called the film "garbage." I can't speak for Mr. T but as far as I can tell, he's upset about how it focuses on his tough guy persona and doesn't explore enough of his personal life. From all the criticisms above, I can mostly see his point but, again, I don't expect a better Mr. T documentary is coming.

Late Night - The Andy Blitz Apartment Saga

First, Conan helps writer Andy Blitz shop for an apartment:

Then, Conan helps writer Andy Blitz decorate his "new" apartment:

Making a Lost Seinfeld Episode

In Seinfeld's Season 2, writer Larry Charles wrote an episode that was never made because the cast refused to make it. In the above, someone takes that script and, using voice actors and animation (and not AI, for some reason), has "filmed" the episode.

I suppose this is the closest thing we have to a new Seinfeld episode in 16 years.

My thoughts... Did this deserve to make it into the official canon? It's not an exceptionally funny episode but it's important to remember that that was the norm in Season 1 and 2. Plus, so much of the humor came in the performances, which just can't be reproduced by voice actors. I suppose it marginally doesn't belong as an episode - to me, it's all the jokes about murder that don't fit the tone of the show. But I don't feel strongly about it either way - it's Season 2.

WATP - Jerry Banfield's Date

I've been wondering how to introduce Jerry Banfield. 

Jerry Banfield makes videos about how to become a successful youtuber and his videos get very few views. He makes videos about relationship advice and he's divorced. He makes videos about dating advice and he's not particularly good with women. He makes videos about how to make money in cryptocurrency and has lost a lot of money in cryptocurrency. He's hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, actually, but believes he needs to keep spending money to turn it all around. He recently claimed to convert to Christianity - to get a girl - and immediately weaponized it against her. She broke it off. He also does gaming videos - I don't know anything about that.

You might think that he's failing at life, but it's interesting that you might think that... He has a service where you can sign-up to learn from him and even ask him questions 1-on-1 - for a fee, of course. Jerry Banfield's whole brand is convincing others that he has all the answers and also, he's obsessed with asking AI for advice as if it's a god.

Oh, and one more thing, he has tried stand-up comedy. I suppose that brings you up to speed.

Craig Finn - Luke and Leanna

[As with most songs on youtube, just ignore the video.]

I was driving and this came on. I was immediately captured by the story and, to some extent, the nice 80s groove.

I won't go into the details, but even in the age of AI, finding a song you heard on the radio is still a test of will power.

Aside from belonging to the "Song with a Story" category, I find I love songs like this one that have a driving, constant, almost monotonous, perhaps droning rhythm.

If that kind of thing interests you, here are two other examples.

Miracle Legion - All For The Best

Radiohead - Cuttooth

If this is an existing genre, let me know the name.

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