Monthly Archives: May, 2020

Sunday Cinema – “dinnerladies”

Yes, the “d” is lowercase on purpose. The creator of the show decided that since the show is about working-class ladies in a canteen, they shouldn’t be referred to with a capital “D”. Taking place in a canteen (cafeteria) at a fictional factory in England. Bren (played by creator Victoria Woods), Tony the manager, Dolly, & the rest of the cast deal with their personal lives while slinging food to the workers. Filled with British slang & references that American audiences may miss, it’s still a hilarious look at the working class in England (of which we are very similar to here in the states).

Someone posted both seasons online for all to see, here is the first episode “Monday”….

Sunday Cinema – “Blackadder: Back & Forth”

“Blackadder” is an anthology series that follows the exploits of Edmund Blackadder through various points in British history. Starring Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder & Tony Robinson as his servant Baldrick, early in the series Edmund is a dim-witted moron while his servant is more intelligent. As the series progressed, Blackadder became more clever & cunning while his servant became more moronic.

The series ended poorly according to fans, so the writers came up with a “special” that would better satisfy them. In this finale, Blackadder creates a “time machine” in order to con his friends. What he doesn’t realize is that he actually created a time machine and finds himself & Baldrick in the cretaceous period. With no idea what time period they are traveling to, the pair upset the timeline of significant historical events and must correct them.

Many are familiar with Atkinson’s work as “Mr. Bean”, few are familiar with this clever work.

Someone posted the finale online so you can see the brilliance that is Blackadder…

Orange Man Bad

Orange Man Bad

Google is killing Google Play Music and moving the platform to YouTube Music, which makes sense. Google owns YouTube, why do they need to keep 2 music services???

Speaking of music, did you know you can block artists on Spotify? Goodbye Lil Nas X…

What was originally promoted as a “streaming service for on the go” with 10 minute episodes of familiar shows & new shows with notable celebrities and directors is wallowing. One of the creators is blaming the Covid-19 crisis

Quibi does have some interesting shows such as Dan Harmon’s (“Rick & Morty”, “Community”) girlfriend’s show about his sex doll entitled “Dummy”

Russell Crowe’s film opening “Unhinged” has been moved up to July and is touted to become the first movie in theaters post-pandemic. As if our nerves aren’t frayed enough…

MattyV has been going down “YouTube Rabbit Holes” lately and came across this creator who explains and then picks locks from various countries and eras. Here’s one where he picks a 1920’s era spare tire lock

The prequel trilogy has been panned by many fans as the worst of the series. Maybe we need to take a step back & watch them from a new perspective. Check out this review from 11 years ago and see if his critique still stands up…

The “Coronavirus Recession” as it’s being called is much worse in comparison to the “Great Recession” of 2008-2009. 8 million jobs were lost during the entire “Great Recession”, 20 million jobs were lost in April 2020 alone. Both Bush & Obama’s presidencies released a total of $1.5 trillion in stimulus packages. This presidency has authorized $3 trillion so far in rescue spending…

At a recent press conference, an Asian-American journalist is calling Trump a ‘racist’ for telling her to ‘Ask China’ in response to her question/comment about the coronavirus pandemic…

The WH Press Secretary shut down a reporter trying to get her in “gotcha” question. Make sure you watch to the end to hear the reporter complain that she was prepared

I guess there is a silver lining during this crisis, India’s carbon emissions have decreased by 30% in April. This is the 3rd straight month in over 4 years…

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Sunday Cinema – “‘Allo ‘Allo!”

Taking place in occupied France during World War II, local cafe owner Rene deals with his nagging wife, the French resistance, the Nazi party, the Gestapo, hidden British airmen, & his many mistresses. Not only utilizing dry British humor, the sitcom also utilizes physical slapstick comedy & sexual innuendo as well.

Lasting a whopping 10 years on the air, it was a successful British sitcom that couldn’t be duplicated.

Someone posted the first episode online, be sure to check out “The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies”…

Sunday Cinema – “Fawlty Towers”

John Cleese created this sitcom with Connie Booth about a seaside hotel in England and all the crazy employees & guests that frequent it. Hen-pecked Basil Fawlty & his bossy wife Sybil are constantly having to please guests and deal with crazy situations their employees create.

It had a short run of 2 seasons of 6 episodes each & has been attempted to be “Americanized” at least 3 times (the latest being “Payne” in 1999 starring John Laroquette) and has seen a remake in Germany.

Someone posted episode one online for you to check out for yourself…

Sunday Cinema – “Are You Being Served?”

Taking place at a flagship department store, “Are You Being Served?” follows the comedic adventures of the store’s staff from the lowly maintenance workers to the senior sales staff back in a time when department stores had staff members that tended to you personally in your clothing & accessory shopping.

Co-created by David Croft (who also created “‘Allo Allo!”), the 10 season show featured British humor, mistaken identity, slapstick, & sexual innuendo comedy.

Someone posted the “German Week” episode, where the staff tries their best to promote department store sales through German stereotypes…

Internet Tough Guy Syndrome

Internet Tough Guy Syndrome

Well, it’s a bit better than soup cans. The boys carved out time to FINALLY pod together since before the lockdown.

Joe Rogan spoke with someone about the “hot mic” incident at the WH in regards to Covid-19 & masks…

Steven Crowder on Taiwan & the WHO’s refusal to recognize them…

The digital war is coming to a head as AMC Theaters will refuse to show Universal Pictures movies once they are able to resume operations. Will we see the opportunity to “rent” new movies same day?

Democrats want to pay people $2,000 a month to stay home

Logan’s Roadhouse is another casualty in the current economic climate as they have closed all stores and furloughed (fired) all employees…

Don’t go down this rabbit hole of Cameo personalities that will record a personalized video for a fee. Try to find the most-expensive one, we found $625 as the highest so far…