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brian wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:42 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:26 pm We finished 'The Undoing' last night. Enjoyed it quite a bit.
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Ken Jennings was very good
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Ryan wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:36 am Ken Jennings was very good
Not according to my Facebook feed.
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i honestly thought he did a hell of a job, really after the initial monologue and aside from the player intros in a way it was no different. No disrespect to Alex whatsoever - rather I think KJ once mentioned he had studied Alex's cadence and I think a lot of that came out yesterday.
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MaxWebster wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:21 am i honestly thought he did a hell of a job, really after the initial monologue and aside from the player intros in a way it was no different. No disrespect to Alex whatsoever - rather I think KJ once mentioned he had studied Alex's cadence and I think a lot of that came out yesterday.
And Alex said in his autobiography that he thinks there are a number of people who can do the job as well as he did it.

At the end of the day, it's a game show, and truth be told, Alex Trebek was a pretty bland guy.
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Pruitt wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:29 am and truth be told, Alex Trebek was a pretty bland guy.
I think that's a large part of what made him good, especially for that show. Most TV "personalities" these days are fucking obnoxious.
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Johnny Carwash wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:39 am
Pruitt wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:29 am and truth be told, Alex Trebek was a pretty bland guy.
I think that's a large part of what made him good, especially for that show. Most TV "personalities" these days are fucking obnoxious.
as opposed to game show hosts from the late 70s and 80s? Not just these days.
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Johnny Carwash wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:39 amMost personalities are fucking obnoxious.
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The last time she screamed that loud, she sat on a BLANK!
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Wasn’t that exactly what made trebek great? He could go a month without attention because he knew zero attention was better than negative or divisive attention. Some showman type taking over jeopardy would ruin everything.
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mister d wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:02 am Wasn’t that exactly what made trebek great? He could go a month without attention because he knew zero attention was better than negative or divisive attention. Some showman type taking over jeopardy would ruin everything.
I could be wrong, but I don't think Jeopardy will ever have a host like that. Frankly, the format of the show doesn't really allow for it anyway. The show isn't about the host, it's about the game. Trebek understood that and presumably the producers of the show understood that's why Trebek was the perfect host for the show and aren't going to be looking to re-invent the wheel.

This could be construed as an insult, though it absolutely isn't -- but no one watched Jeopardy just to see Alex Trebek.
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brian wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:58 am
mister d wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:02 am Wasn’t that exactly what made trebek great? He could go a month without attention because he knew zero attention was better than negative or divisive attention. Some showman type taking over jeopardy would ruin everything.
I could be wrong, but I don't think Jeopardy will ever have a host like that. Frankly, the format of the show doesn't really allow for it anyway. The show isn't about the host, it's about the game. Trebek understood that and presumably the producers of the show understood that's why Trebek was the perfect host for the show and aren't going to be looking to re-invent the wheel.

This could be construed as an insult, though it absolutely isn't -- but no one watched Jeopardy just to see Alex Trebek.
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I need to echo everyone before that to host something like Jeopardy, it requires more a deft hand than an outsized personality. It’s a serious show, and it needed a serious host to push the players.

His last show and all this week’s is sitting in my DVR. I haven’t been able to watch it yet because I know it’ll get really dusty.
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Where there other game shows where the game carried the show over the personality?

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HERE IS THE HOST OF JEOPARDYYYY, LESLIE JONES!
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Ryan wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:12 am HERE IS THE HOST OF JEOPARDYYYY, LESLIE JONES!
You shut the fuck up. This is hate speech.
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She was (a contestant) on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and I made it about 40 seconds. Tony Hawk looked like he got hit by a truck.
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Ryan wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:17 amShe was (a contestant) on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and I made it about 40 seconds.
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mister d wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:51 am
Ryan wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:17 amShe was (a contestant) on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and I made it about 40 seconds.
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Ryan wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:17 am She was (a contestant) on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and I made it about 40 seconds. Tony Hawk looked like he got hit by a truck.
I gritted through that. She was unbearable but props because she was really fucking good at WoF.
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BSF21 wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:14 am
Ryan wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:12 am HERE IS THE HOST OF JEOPARDYYYY, LESLIE JONES!
You shut the fuck up. This is hate speech.
I will join a march on the Culver City studios if this is even hinted at.
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Pruitt wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:31 pm
BSF21 wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:14 am
Ryan wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:12 am HERE IS THE HOST OF JEOPARDYYYY, LESLIE JONES!
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Wandavision is strange and funny and I have a feeling it's building to something even stranger.
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Pruitt wrote: Sat Jan 16, 2021 7:33 pm Wandavision is strange and funny and I have a feeling it's building to something even stranger.
That’s all I can figure. It’s weird as fuck.
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Thirded. I can’t tell if I’d be sticking with it if there was no big picture MCU payoff coming but I’m glad I have to.
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I love how weird it is and how much effort they’ve put into the sitcom premise(s). And given how important this show is to them as the first MCU streaming show I have very little doubt that they’re gonna nail the payoff.

The bubble gum in the gears animation made me laugh each time.



Anyone hear of that Ted Lasso show on Apple+? Gosh that’s a nice show! (finally got my wife to stay up to watch and we watched the first three episodes in a row)
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rass wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:28 pm I love how weird it is and how much effort they’ve put into the sitcom premise(s). And given how important this show is to them as the first MCU streaming show I have very little doubt that they’re gonna nail the payoff.

The bubble gum in the gears animation made me laugh each time.
The smile on the gum's face just made it that much better.
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Finished The Good Lord Bird last night. Excellent start to finish. Ethan Hawke gives one of the best performances in a long, long time. If you get a 7-day free trial of Showtime and just watch this and the Muti-part Doc on the Comedy Store, I think you would find it time well spent. There's also the crazy "This is America" Sacha Baron Cohen mini-series doc as well.
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I don't understand what is going on with Wandavision, but I am hooked.
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:13 pm I don't understand what is going on with Wandavision, but I am hooked.
Same. No clue, don't know anything about the marvel multiverse, but I am guessing this is an intro into it? But it's compelling through three episodes.
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Sepinwall's reviews have been helpful to me on this front:

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I guess this was sorta helpful too - I just read it.

https://www.ign.com/articles/wandavisio ... bol-marvel
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And this makes sense from the larger drift of what the post-avengers marvel universe Disney stuff may be heading:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/wanda ... uxbndlbing
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:13 pm I don't understand what is going on with Wandavision, but I am hooked.
My daughter is giving me info on an "as needed" basis. It's kind of fun to be in the dark bout so much of what is going on.
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Started Cobra Kai and while there are an unfortunate number of blow job and dick jokes for a show that my wife insisted on watching with the girls Johnny is such a great fucking character that I’m willing to deal with it.
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rass wrote: Sat Jan 23, 2021 9:09 pm Started Cobra Kai and while there are an unfortunate number of blow job and dick jokes for a show that my wife insisted on watching with the girls Johnny is such a great fucking character that I’m willing to deal with it.
It alternates between sweet and dumb but it’s worth watching. It’s aggravatingly dumb at times though.
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rass wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:28 pm I love how weird it is and how much effort they’ve put into the sitcom premise(s). And given how important this show is to them as the first MCU streaming show I have very little doubt that they’re gonna nail the payoff.

The bubble gum in the gears animation made me laugh each time.



Anyone hear of that Ted Lasso show on Apple+? Gosh that’s a nice show! (finally got my wife to stay up to watch and we watched the first three episodes in a row)
You should keep watching Ted Lasso.

I just binged the first three episodes of WandaVision. The Sun Always Shines on TV to the angst of Take on Me.

I like it.
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Everyone here are Ted lasso fans. Because we are humans. That show rules.
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Yeah, was making light of the near universal love here and elsewhere for Lasso. It’s great.
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