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[I asked LT to delete my acct]

The office......absolutely brilliant.

 

[Voyageur]

The office......absolutely brilliant.

Which version? UK or US versions?

I'm afraid I'm hooked on shows from the UK. Everything from Are You Being Served, Keeping Up Appearances, The Avengers, The Prisoner, Poirot, Agatha Christie.... the list is endless. Even enjoy the British Baking Show series.

Presently going through Midsomer Murders on BritBox for about the 4th time.

To be honest, I watch very little US TV. Most of US TV that I watch is sports, with a splash of news here and there.

 

[I asked LT to delete my acct]

Which version? UK or US versions?

I'm afraid I'm hooked on shows from the UK. Everything from Are You Being Served, Keeping Up Appearances, The Avengers, The Prisoner, Poirot, Agatha Christie.... the list is endless. Even enjoy the British Baking Show series.

Presently going through Midsomer Murders on BritBox for about the 4th time.

To be honest, I watch very little US TV. Most of US TV that I watch is sports, with a splash of news here and there.

I saw both and I have to say on THIS occasion, the US version blew the UK one out of the water and believe me, that is very hard to say as a Brit.....lol

 

[Voyageur]

When it comes to comedy, I have to point out Mrs. Brown's Boys. Brendan O'Carroll is outrageous! My wife has a friend we call Winnie when she's not around. So many similarities that we have a rough time not making a mistake and calling her that.

Hoping for another Christmas special this year.

 

[I asked LT to delete my acct]

When it comes to comedy, I have to point out Mrs. Brown's Boys. Brendan O'Carroll is outrageous! My wife has a friend we call Winnie when she's not around. So many similarities that we have a rough time not making a mistake and calling her that.

Hoping for another Christmas special this year.

I`ve actually seen Mrs Brown twice on stage, the first time was so funny, but sadly the second time pretty much of the same stuff. Most of the cast are related, his wife, daughter and sons are in the show.

I`m pleased you like our humour. I have to say the American office took the concept and filled it out brilliantly IMHO, but I`m currently watching Parks and Recreation ? and so far have enjoyed that too. Have you watched Black Adder ?, that was a classic.

 

[Voyageur]

Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie are amazing in Black Adder. I also liked watching The Thin Blue Line with Atkinson, and of course, Mr. Bean. That darned 3 wheel car tipping over nearly every episode still makes me laugh every time I see it. I even enjoyed Fawlty Towers, and was a huge fan of Benny Hill.

I like the tongue in cheek comedy.

 

[ARPackFan]

Black Adder 2, 3 & 4 were great. Not as big a fan of the first season. Blackadder's Christmas Carol is a holday tradition at our house.

Have you watched "After Life" with Ricky Gervais?

 

[Voyageur]

Not yet. I see it's on Netflix, so it's now on my play list.

 

[ARPackFan]

Norsemen on Netflix.

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[Voyageur]

Right now I'm doing Man In The High Castle. Not overly fond of it, but I vowed that I'd watch it, so I am.

 

[I asked LT to delete my acct]

Norsemen on Netflix.

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this was hysterical.

 

[Voyageur]

this was hysterical.

I watched part of the first episode. It's on my watch list. It's hilarious.

 

[I asked LT to delete my acct]

Now I`m binge watching Seinfeld. How did I miss this the first time ?

 

[Poppa San]

I watched part of the first episode. It's on my watch list. It's hilarious.

By the end of the second season I was so over it. I watched the first 3rd season episode to see what direction it was going and hung it up.

 

[Voyageur]

By the end of the second season I was so over it. I watched the first 3rd season episode to see what direction it was going and hung it up.

Some shows are like that. They start out like they're going to draw you in, then they kind of fizzle. I've seen quite a few of those that followed that pattern. But i do really enjoy the idea that we can binge watch seasons of shows we really enjoy. It's gotten to the point that we don't even watch normal prime time TV any longer. If there's a show we like, we binge the entire season over a period of a few days, and move on to the next one.

There's nothing like a bowl of popcorn, a large glass of A&W root beer, and we hunker down for one to two hours of viewing as many evenings as possible.

 

[Poppa San]

What I found satisfying was watching the first half season or so of shows that were reruns when I was young. The first I dream of Jeanie or Green Acres where I never seemed to see the pilots. First season of Beverly Hillbillies I've seen several times. The first half season of Green Acres could be respliced into a 3 hour movie.

 

[realitybytez]

What I found satisfying was watching the first half season or so of shows that were reruns when I was young. The first I dream of Jeanie or Green Acres where I never seemed to see the pilots. First season of Beverly Hillbillies I've seen several times. The first half season of Green Acres could be respliced into a 3 hour movie.

if you cobble together a decent script, i guarantee someone in hollywood will buy it.

 

[realitybytez]

It's gotten to the point that we don't even watch normal prime time TV any longer.

same here. i used to be the biggest network tv watcher, but since covid started i have not seen one prime time network show other than live sports.

 

[Poppa San]

if you cobble together a decent script, i guarantee someone in hollywood will buy it.

What I tried to imply was it seems the first season is a serial and plays like a movie split into a half dozen or so parts. Later seasons turned into the stand alone episodes that dominate most shows since.

 

[Voyageur]

What I tried to imply was it seems the first season is a serial and plays like a movie split into a half dozen or so parts. Later seasons turned into the stand alone episodes that dominate most shows since.

I think this happens more often than people realize. Often, the writers are geared into creating one continuous drama or comedy skit, with very little sub-plot. Kind of a mini-series. Then, the unexpected happens, and they are offered renewal, when they thought it was a one and done season of the show.

I think one of the reasons that happens is because the buyers see a pilot, like everything about the pilot, but can't envision any changes that would work. Then the writers go at it, turning what was once a one hour pilot into a 10 episode mini-series. If audiences like it, and it reaches the right demographics, it ends up getting a renewal.

 

[ckent0819]

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I just binged on Chris Jacke's podcast. LOL. Hey, if you're into good vibes and real talk, check out Super Bowl champ Chris Jacke and his wife, Terri (she's an author and executive coach). They chat about life, work, and relationships with a mix of curiosity and humor.

 

[Voyageur]

I've been bingeing the old Death Valley Days series. I'm near the end of the third season. Roughly 15 more to go. A total of 452 episodes. Interesting little known facts of history related to the old West.

 

[weeds]

I've been bingeing the old Death Valley Days series. I'm near the end of the third season. Roughly 15 more to go. A total of 452 episodes. Interesting little known facts of history related to the old West.

I would LOVE to actually sit down and watch some serious TV. I've had a summer of "Hey Weedsie, are your tool bags in your car? I'm grilling brats...." Old bankers aren't the guy people are supposed to call when something goes to hell. That's why Angie's list was created.

I loved the West Wing and own the box set. A few MONTHS ago, I put Season One Disc One in the blue ray. Watched the first two episodes and I'm sure the disc is still in the player...untouched since.

 

[Voyageur]

Right now, my Wife and I are into an Aussie TV show. Troppo. It's really off beat, but interesting. Such dark content, and even filming.

 

[Thirteen Below]

I loved the West Wing and own the box set. A few MONTHS ago, I put Season One Disc One in the blue ray. Watched the first two episodes and I'm sure the disc is still in the player...untouched since.

That one didn't age well with me, or at least not for binge-watching. I liked it well enough in the 90s (when every episode was separated from the others by a full week), but 3 or 4 hours a day, days on end, it just turned me off.

One thing I always disliked about it was that it was so heavy-handed, preachy, predictable... the noble, lofty speeches... the snappy, incredibly witty and clever dialogue... in every episode, the principle character would face a moral dilemma, spend most of the hour agonizing between doing the easy or politically convenient thing or the morally appropriate thing. And of course, they'd always make the morally appropriate choice. Binge-watching just made those flaws way too much to watch.

Plus, the more you see of Jed Bartlett in one sitting, the more of an arrogant, pompous ******* he turns out to be.

I've been bingeing the old Death Valley Days series. I'm near the end of the third season.

Where are you finding that? I'd like to give it a look too.

It's gotten to the point that we don't even watch normal prime time TV any longer. If there's a show we like, we binge the entire season over a period of a few days, and move on to the next one.

That's us, too. We really haven't watched network television shows in 15 or 20 years. Our TVs are just about movies, documentaries, science, nature, and history programs, Youtube music videos, hockey or Packer games.

But we do binge-watch older network series. I've introduced Amy to a lot of the older series I grew up with, like Dck van Dke, "What's My Line", "I've Got a Secret", Twilight Zone and Outer Limits... she wasn't born until 1978, so to her those programs are like Milton Berle and Alfred Hitchcock to me. She likes learning more about the things I grew up with.

She does struggle with the quality of some of the writing on the older shows; like "wait a minute - why isn't Flipper making more of an effort to tell his humans that the smugglers planted dynamite on the reef? He's supposed to be smarter than that." You can't slip much past her.

But mostly, we binge on newer series, like Treme, The Wire, Sopranos, and Game of Thrones. We enjoy bingewatching Amazing Race, too. We're impatient people; we just don't like waiting a whole week between episodes.