"I Am Not a Number"

With me, each one in the Village is No. 1.

Just noticed that my above post is No. 1,000 for me.

Having said that LOTLOT, have a grand day!

First of all Mr. P., thank you for explaining "The Prisoner" in the most succinct way I have seen. The show was an enigma to me but must-see viewing. My Dad loved it.

My all-time favorite show is only obscure now--"Northern Exposure." What a gem of characters and tales. I cannot think of a television program that ever entertained me more. But it is early.

Good morning CHEFD & LOT...................never heard of this show. I did love Northern Exposure............quite charming.................great day all.......................

Good morning, everyone; bore da, Hazel.  Congratulations, Lotlot.  A thousand!  I watched a few episodes of The Prisoner, but never got into it.  It struck me as a show trying to be deep and mysterious, but actually being mostly obscure.  I will confess to not being a fan of television.  I think the industry has failed miserably.  What it could be and what it is are so far apart that I see any time watching television as a waste of time.  So I don't except for monumental public occasions like Princess Diana's funeral.

Anamaniacs, second only to Rocky and Bullwinkle.

I don't remember the show, but I do remember "Northern Exposure" -- loved it. 
 
Another strange show that was on for awhile, was "Lost" -- didn't watch that either since after the first couple of times, it too, was trying too hard.
 
The best sitcom of all time, in my opinion, was "Barney Miller".  When it's on, I stop everything to watch it again. 
 
Unfortunately, there's very little that I care to watch now.  The morning "news" shows, are five minutes of news and two hours of saying "good morning" to each other.  The men and women on these shows (since Diane Sawyer left) are interchangeable and unremembered.  The so-called comedy shows feature a lot of canned laughter and not much comedy.
 
And yes, there was Rocky and Bullwinkle

Chef Deb -- I loved Northern Exposure!  Try "Doc Martin" it's in the same vein.
Never got into The Prisoner -- it was too frightening to me as a youngster -- like those dreams where something nasty is chasing you and you can't get your legs to run fast enough.  shivers.

Sorry, Mr Peterman, you said obscure dramas.  I would select any one of Dennis Miller's rants or Garrison Keillor as Guy Noir. 

In the dealing rooms I have worked in, we used to code name the major clients, particularly central banks, with numbers. When they needed to "intervene" one way or another the sheer size would move the market and it would be terrible if somehow market talk leaked out who was doing what and how much. Even today, I smile when I remember the FX desk yelling 007 was in the market.
Today, being a number for me normally means taking a queue, at the supermarket deli counter, the bank, the health care provider etc..

The Prisoner's rank of Number 6, reveals a level of collaboration with the unseen forces. He never really garnered my sympathy.

Six is the smallest perfect number

Six is the only number that is both the sum and the product of three consecutive positive numbers

6 is the atomic number of carbon.

Six...The number of days taken to create the world

Six Cardinal Directions: north, south, east, west, up, and down

And, most important.... the number of cans of beer in a six-pack

Well done MISS BLUE!

The topic is obscure dramas so this is not the place or time to say that never in my life has a show had such an amazing influence in my life or brought me more pleasure and laughs than...."It's........." (cue SOUZA). If I need to say more, you won't understand ....(not meant in a patronizing way).

Also: most disliked: Twin Peaks. Talk about an exercise in wasting our time as David Lynch made it up as he went along. I think the price of admission is worth at least a rough outline. Logwoman indeed.

Yes on Northern Exposure...great characters! Miss it...! Never saw The Prisoner and was not aware of it. Sounds like The Matrix, which I never understood, either. Was a faithful fan of Twin Peaks, Twilight Zone, The Avengers, X Files, and for a while Heroes, but that last one lost me somewhere between the morphing evil and taking someone else's body.

I like sci-fi and a certain degree of mystery, but not so complex that it bends my brain to figure out what is going on - and not being able to follow it.

Don't we all get reduced to a number when dealing with any bank or financial institution, their first question is "What are the last 4 digits of your social security number?" and then: "Give the numbers of your birthday.."

I can really relate to the concept of not being merely a number. These large medical practices (and you wonder when will they KNOW if they are just "practicing" now!?) make a person feel like a VW being moved along the assembly line for treatment

Wait an hour past your appt. time, then get shuttled into a small, cold exam room, see a PA or nurse for 5 min., spit out your symptoms, get BP-temp checked, see doc rush in for 3 min., get new meds from computer, rush to wait for financial clerk, make new appt. and you're out of there 2-3 hrs. after your original appt. Now that makes you feel like a number.

I expected to see Steed and Peel walking down the beach at any moment.

By the way, has Willie Trask been spirited away to the Village?

ChefDeb ~ It's Howdy Doody Time?
Is that you in the front row?  I recognize several others that were in the
Woodstock clip too.

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIslhp9vqqw
 
Miss Blue ~ I think Willie went duck hunting with
Floyd.

PAOLOS The first time you have not read my mind, although, that was me in the first row....no later than that....an import and the "its...." was not always first.

But in an Orwellian sense we are in dollars and cents numbers. Our SS# that specifically states on the card "not to be used for ID purposes" is overtly used for ID purposes in all forms of monetary transactions and any government related activity, i.e. taxes. Freedom is mobility and without a DL# no travel by air and no check in at a hotel. You can't even buy a drink on most airlines anymore with cash.You must have a credit card #. You know I followed the Beat poets and then felt that the hippies were about the freedom of the human spirit but it quickly evolved into a collective not unlike The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit living in the Burbs. I am that ol' Libertarian hack at the end of the bar who people are tired of hearing say, "The only thing you own is your life" as I plop down a twenty spot and head to the door awaiting my Big Round White Ball and then realizing that I am a prisioner on a Big Kind of Round Blue/Green Ball called Earth held in place by an invisible chain called gravity. I am a number and a paradox of my own making. Oh Well! A barfly's arguments are always 50% bullshit anyway and I wouldn't be caught dead without my AMX card. You can't go anywhere without it.  Chairman: "We deplore your spirit of disharmony."
No.6: "That's a common
complaint around here, isn't it?"

MOOSELOOP- my mother would not accept any appointment other than the first one of the day--anywhere--dr., dds, whatever. It worked quite well for her. I do not always go to private practice doctors or have the luxury of choosing times but when I do I try to follow her lead. She also would not have surgery any other time than first (don't feel bad, this is a woman who had umpteen cosmetic surgeries and was quite accident prone)of the day. For what its worth.

It's… Monty Python!

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uG1lMG2MaU

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uG1lMG2MaU

pardon me!

I loved Northern Exposure, and I also loved Lost, though it was definitely over the top!  The Prisoner fascinated me, but I never really understood it . . . does Chicago Hope qualify as an obscure drama?  One of my favorite shows, but it was up against ER and got shot down every time!

I watched The Prisoner on our local PBS station with my son in the early 1980s (when he was in his early teens and I was in my 30s and neither one of us had the maturity to understand it). But we were made very uneasy by it. Recently my son reopened the conversation about this series--making modern-day metaphors and comparisons. I'm still uneasy about the possibility of "being watched"--recently made more uneasy by my Droid which knows entirely too much about me, including when I want to stop for coffee and the location of the nearest Starbucks. Does anyone else feel this way about his/her smart phone? Too smart?  

Do you think that sometime in the future, we'll be looking at Person of Interest the same way we look at The Prisoner?  I don't have a Smart Phone, but I think there are a lot more surveillance cameras out there than there used to be!

Good morning, all!
 
Congrats on 1,000 posts, LotLot! I recently tipped 100 myself - a mere fraction of your posting, but I love the new medal I got just the same.
 
Mooseloop~I too enjoyed Twilight Zone and Heroes - the latter for only the first season, as it tried to be too precious.
 
IreneR~ Between the smart phone and the internet in general, I'm fairly certain that privacy is an illusion...
 
The show that I watched periodically and found mysterious and unsettling was The Pretender. 

I know that many people have been turned off by what television has become - as the wife of a writer, I also know that many writers in the business have been frustrated by the inanity of it all. Just how many Real Housewives shows do we need anyway? But I will say there is still some compelling TV out there - you just have to be willing to lose large chunks of your life separating the wheat from the chaff.

IreneR - "There is nothing like a smart phone to make you feel stupid!"  My favorite quote when I can't find anything on it!
 
I loved the series and especially the quirkyness of "Northern Exposure," I MISS that show and expect the actors who have found other employment on other shows to "act" like their Northern Exposure character.  What a difference "Numbers" was the first time I tuned in!
 
I have never seen nor heard of "The Prisoner" but now I am intrigued, I guess I'll put that on my TV watching bucket list......  I did not enjoy keeping up with "Lost" or "Heros." I don't have time to devote to serial TV, can't seem to clean house and watch at the same time trying to multi-task then whoops, it's over!!!  My Mom is DVRing "The Closer" another great show I have just discovered and I have heard Kyra Sedgewick is leaving (BUMMER!!!)  I guess I'll have to Hulu "Lost" to make sense of the series, but listening to everyone's opinion of "Lost," it just might be a waste of time  (house cleaning, Lost, hmmmmmmmmm decisions decisions).
 
I did get involved with "Everwood," LOVED the beautiful mountain scenery and the characters on it, until it was unceremoniously canceled.  As a fan of Andrew McCarthy the show "Kingdom Hopsital" reminded me of Twin Peaks - VERY quirky.  But I watched because Andrew is so darned attractive.
 
I see "Fear Factor" is back, another reality show to disply human nature at its silliest.

When it comes to enigmatic television/cable shows, I tend to enjoy and get wrapped up into the short-lived, unpopular ones.

I am on the other end of the Twin Peaks teeter-totter from ChefDeb. I enjoyed the Eccentricity of the characters....even the Log Lady, and their devotion, bordering on obsession, with a really good cup of coffee. The music was very moody too.

My other favorite that was cancelled after one season on HBO was John From Cincinnati which featured an otherworldly, well intended innocent who shows up in a Southern California surfer town and nudges the folks he encounters onto a redemptive path. In my next go around, I would love to be able to surf and live on or near the West Coast.......when the ocean was healthy and the beaches pristine.

And of course......As Stoney mentioned...... The Python boys.

I do believe I'll give Northern Exposure a go. I think I'd like it.

Peace out

The only person known to me to have been completely devoted to "The Prisoner" was a stoner, Collar Button, who was shocked and disappointed to find himself largely alone in that category.
He also warmed up the microwave and declared that his Rottweiler, Numnutts, was friendly toward strangers… as long as he had met them before.

I abhorred "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" for often ending episodes without having provided a conclusion.

As for surveillance cameras, I don't pick my nose or anything else, park illegally, litter, vandalize or entice minors in public but other people do and deserve to be laughed at, mocked or prosecuted.

I like FX series "Justified."

Yes STONEY right you are!!!!!

Stoney, you are right, of course, about the surveillance cameras being used for good purposes.  I was addressing them from the standpoint of 'being watched,' which is one of the main themes of The Prisoner, and of IreneR's concern about her Droid. 

Stoney- Justified is good viewing and close to true. Homeland is shocking. Boss is political grittiness. The story about Hawaii Five O crew dissing WWII Pearl Harbor Vets is appalling if true.

Fringe ain't bad. Multidimensional drama with X Files tones.

Stoney~ Can't believe I forgot to include Justified. The performances on that show are so absolutely marvelous. I love that I am always half-rooting for the villain, so likeable does he (or she) appear. Add to that the much less intellectual reason of thinking Timothy Olyphant is a handsome, handsome fellow, and the show is a winner.

CHEFDEB!  My compadre!  In heart and soul!  You are a Northern Exposure fan?!  I bet we knew each other in another life. Or another message board.  I used to  resent very much the BEST ever show on television being considered "CULT" but now I figure that those who never knew NX, they're the poorer for it.  I wore my green Cicely hoody yesterday, I was a sight to behold, I sit here with a Northern Exposure wood plaque on the office wall to my left, hand made hand carved by a friend of mine back in those wonderful days of Cicely and (I will not use the word QUIRKY) Fleishman and Ed and Maurice and Walt and RuthAnn and Shelley and Holling and The Brick...oh my.  My gushing runneth over.  But CHEFDEB, finding an NX fan somewhere else on the internet is like finding a stranger on the tundra, what a welcome sight....
 
So when I say BON HIVER and pronounce it BONEY BEAR you'll know where that came from.
 
"Here come the flakes, people"
 
Wow.
I'm not alone here anymore.;)
 
 

I know we're on television shows and books, but please check out this interesting item someone sent me.......and, I have enough books to do it too!
 
http://imgur.com/Yw62w

STONEY:  Just guessing ... You might not be a Big Fan of William Sidney Porter .......
 
Conclusions were not his strongest thing ...
 
The problem with Highly Cerebral Shows, is that most people want to be Entertain'd and Numbed ... and not to have to "Work" at it ... An escape mechanism, and a Good One ... I do the same thing with Movies ... The few TV Shows I watch I tend to pick apart for accuracy .......
 
Of course, I was a Big Fan of Emma Peel ... and I'd have given a month's pay to drive Steed's Blower Bently .......
 
The whole Purpose of The Prisoner, was to get people to at least CONSIDER ... the possibility of their being an evil Government within a Government, masquerading as a benign,  avuncular entity ... insidiously up to no good ....... The Show might have made it to a Second Season but, in spite of the fact that Patrick McGoohan is a noteworthy Actor ... his voice is exceptionally irritating ... sounding like an overly hirsuit Maiden Aunt of 90, with three teeth and one Testicle ... Not far off of that display'd by the Little Paper Hanger from Berlin ... and another Kraut Numbskull named Joe Peeverhoffer who show'd up at a Black Tie Affair, in a Lime Green Liesure Suit, Brown Earth Shoes ... and a Black Knitted Tie, of course ....... His picture is the Exemplar in the Dictionary next to the word, IDIOT ...
 
Anyhow, Television has eroded from the Quality of Presentation that was the norm in the early days of the 50's ... Back when Steve Allen did The Tonight Show, which went to Jack Paar ... and then to the Icon, Johnny Carson ...
 
Willing to bet, that there are some in this Village who don't know any of these names ...
 
Tempus Fugit .......

THERE

X-Files was one of my favorites for quite a while. One year I found myself in the position of living with an Alzheimer's victim who was well into the middle stages of it. Her favorite tv was the Weather Channel and she only occasionally made any sense about anything. One night we were watching TV and the XFiles was on and she said "This is soooooo stupid.." and I must say I never liked it again.

I think it was PENELOPE who mentioned "The Closer"---love that show. Another character driven show with an incredible ensemble cast.

I am going to check out "Justified." and as for you, PETER LAKE, I am baking you a virtual Cherry Pie right now which I will bring to the Sepiatrain tonight!

Boy, did this bring back some memories!  I remember my father and I watching this on Saturday evening, (I believe it was in that Saturday lineup of his televiewing schedule along with Star Trek!)
 
Well, to get back to "The Prisioner."   All I could ever think of when watching is that  Big Brother is watching you! It was a great series even though I was only 13 when it first aired and maybe didn't get it.  Every time I see Patrick McGoohan (wasn't he the King in Braveheart?) in something, I am always reminded of "The Prisioner"!
 
 
 

Oh.  As for the Prisoner, I was in college, sans access to a television (and studying every minute that I wasn't in class of course)...and I don't recall seeing any listings for reruns. Which is a shame, if only for the fact that I missed a chance to see Patrick McGoohan, who I love.  Whom I love?  Erase that, for this:  I'm a big fan of Patrick McGoohan, was and still am.   He used to show up on "Columbo" with the late Peter Falk -- which was a double pleasure.

Masterpiece Mystery: Foyle's War

An unexpected favorite, Sherlock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSQq_bC5kIw

And a very short-lived but great show, NBC's Kings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5c1Vr1fcZI

PARK---all hail Cecily! My dream restaurant is to have The Brick!!

I never watched Northern Ex in its 'real' time..........but really, really loved it when I saw it in re-runs!  Love it when they have a marathon showing....

My favorite Northern Exposure character is Chef Adam played by Adam Arkin,
Alan's son.  I think his was the most true to life character, he personified
chefness in exile if there is such a thing.  I'm not talking about
someone taking a well deserved rest in  the smallest state of the union here, I
am talking about someone transforming moose meat into haute cuisine in the vast
wilderness that is Alaska (or Washington as the case may be). 

Ivan ~ One of my kids gave me all the Johnny Carson shows -- and yes, he was great though Steve Allen started it all and yes, I remember him too.  Back when we could stay up late, we would watch him.
 
The problem with highly cerebral shows, especially if one could find one today, is that people need entertainment; their lives have gotten scarey.

 
 
 
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uX508P-FUs
 

I won't label it obscure but I did enjoy watching Moonlighting with Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.  I am sure it had more to do with chemistry than with drama.

PAOLOS and theme songs...."Moonlighting'" theme song was great--I think Al Jarreau. Loved Cagney&Lacey song, MagnumPI...and those opening notes to Northern Exposure still thrill.

Exactly, MISS ANDY .......

I should not be the one to ask, but Were your
orgasms better before Johnny Carson?
Arguably one of the best reality shows
ever.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQWufjVHn6k

Theme song- Burke's Law. Patrick McG on Columbo numerous times was most excellent. I loved and long for Lovejoy the British mystery about a detective and antique dealer with the most interesting friends. Redefined Lovable Rogue.

Oh god, I LOVED "The Prisoner." It was soooo cool. I always thought it was very intriguing and very funny. It used to amuse me that it bothered No. 6 SO MUCH that he was 'just a number.' I was like, dude, calm down... it has no meaning either way, just let the beautiful surroundings flow over you until you can find a way out. I've always thought "The Prisoner" really was intended for younger people, who were already into postmodernism, and weren't threatened by the idea of a loss of 'self' and loss of 'meaning' inherent in the modernist concept of the 'unified' self.

I also thought its experimentalism was great, the coolest thing on TV at the time. People who didn't understand it, at the time, amused me. It was probably intended to be a way of getting old fogies to understand what LSD was doing to their kids' brains. ;-)

Oh WOW!!!!!  Finally people who loved LOST!!!!!  WoW!!  There is only one other person I know who loved LOST.  The last season got weird, but I loved that show.   Northern Exposure was also fantastic.  I loved "Chris in the Morning" and Marilyn.  I loved her dead pan sense of humor.  The most enjoyable episode was the one when no one could sleep because the moon was too bright.  GOOD SHOW.  I wanted to move to Alaska. The West Wing was excellent. . . loved the fast pace of the show. . . their idealism. . . the cast really liked each other.  I miss Leo most of all. :(   Then there's the Jetsons.  

Tommy~ I loved Lovejoy.
Alison~ I loved The Prisoner too - but I don't recall sitting on the ghastly sofa thinking "Cool, I'm a postmodernist." It was the coolest thing on TV at the time. I enjoyed it as a refreshing form of entertainment.

Haze- your beauty is only exceeded by your taste in classic telly

ChefDeb, I will bring a fresh pot of coffee that is black as a starless night

Cangratulations, Lotlot.  You have reach 1000 with humor, eoquence and good tast.  Post on!

Ooooh! Thanks Tommy~ I even used to enjoy watching Sesame Street with my son. One of my elderly christmas tree decorations is a somewhat faded Kermit.

Haze- And when Kermit sings Rainbow Connection I still cry,

..."and Patrick McGoohan as The Prisoner"

I remember those words being spoken, McDonald Carey style, as young lad watching TV with my brother, sister and my Mom.

More than anything, I remember not getting it. Jonny Quest in prime time came on the same night though, and that I got.

Hey, it was the sixties.

Last time I fell on the stairs I sat myself up and sang Halfway Up The Stairs Is Where I Sit .... there isn't anyplace quite like it!
12.30 in cold, wet and windy Wales, so the lure of the duvet beckons. Nos da dear people. x

Umm-in my mind I've become Race Bannon.

Ha ha ha HAZEL, I remember when my kids were young switching on Sesame Street only to look around and realize the kids were not home!

Ah kids, you all are on fire tonight.
 
MISS BLUE......................you're just a holiday blaze of amusement...................you perked up my day!
 
CAROL.................what channel shows the Northern Exposure marathons???????
 
JAX................how could someone NOT like Foley's War w/ the ever foxtastic Michael Kitchens?????????????????
 
I loved the Hercules..................he would try & save the evil, but unbelievably beautiful villain...............she would always fall into the volcanic lava or suffer some other horrid death. It was so exciting & Herc was always glistening...........................ahhhhhhh, memories...................
 
CHEFD............very interesting about your X-Files hating friend. I knew someone who adored David Duchovny & so one day I watched a small piece to see what she was talking about. Your friend was absolutely correct, it was "stupid." And D. Duchovny had as much sex appeal as nothing...........................boringo to nth degree.....................
 
HAZEL.................stop falling on the steps...................seriously.................
 
And "Dark Shadows".................................oh my.......................oh my goodness................ Barnabas Collins..........................ooh la la.............................
 
PAOLOS.........................they had supremely great chemistry.........................I had forgotten about that show......................
 
Hi PAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKKKKKK...............................
 
Where is JANE??????????

Just remembered another show I watched faithfully and loved the characters....Does anyone remember"St. Elsewhere"? Great hospital dramady...full of innuendo, satire, and over the top situations!

Ivan ~
Steve Allen wrote books, Jack Parr read them (I loved frequent guest and raconteur Alexander King who wrote May This House Be Safe From Tigers) and Carson was, for me no-see TV for decades having long since given the impression that it had all been done before.
Latterman is a jerk, Leno, tiresome and John Stewart, implausibly an opinion maker, unwatchable.

"Fourteen courthouses across the country are taking part in a three-year program that could ultimately lead to a larger presence for cameras in the federal court system. One proponent says cameras could improve the image of the nation's judicial system but another observer warns it could skew impressions of what is happening in the court."

A case, it seems, of who you gonna believe: your lying eyes and ears or what we tell you?

A tissue for Tommy T….

http://youtu.be/jSFLZ-MzIhM

...paolos...Adam would only make what he wanted to make, if memory serves...his blue hat, and very big feet.  How could I have left him out of my list -along with Eve, his nutcase wife.   Adam did manage to do quite a lot with whatever Ruth Ann had in stock that day -- unless Walt would share some of the Wooly Mamoth that he dug up and cut up into steaks.... I feel a re-viewing of the entire 108 episodes coming on. Just happen to have them, too. And luckily my husband can quote lines from NX better than I can, so we can laugh together, all over again. I'm feeling the need for "The Big Snow" or "Northern Lights." happy evening, folks.
  

Bebe-------I don't know if anyone does that currently, just remember having it in the past and delighting in it.    I don't keep up with schedules, so if I happen to tune in and its there then I know.

Stoney- Thank you sir. Stirs me like Old Yellar & the final scene of The African Queen.

Hiiiii Bebeeeee...a little bird told me I was being called. I had no plans to check in at the Eye ...early to bed for me tonight...which means before midnight...but here I am. I agree with you and Jax. I would love to see new episodes of Foley's War.
 
 After a quick read, here goes...  
 
Carol, I never watched Northern Exposure during it's initial run either, but enjoyed the re-runs. ...fun and quirky. I like quirky.
 
SF, I liked Lost the first year, then lost interest and quit watching any series regularly....I have no idea what happened.  
 
Paolo, I liked Moonlighting a lot....think Bruce Willis was at his best before he took himself so seriously....and I agree ... it was the chemistry....maybe this was when they were dating? anyway, the repartee between them made the show lots of fun. hahaha.....Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman was very funny. Now I'm trying to think of another comedy...Billy Crystal, Katherine Helmond...totally slipped my mind...but it was soo funny....oh yeah... Soap
 
Was a Twin Peaks fan...anything David Lynch...  
 
I really loved The Prisoner  and Patrick McGoohan (still enjoy watching it) the series was so cool and Big Brotherish/1984 with a British accent. I'm crazy for Lovejoy and anything with Ian McShane. The Avengers was fun....what's not to like. This reminds me of another fun series I caught on re-runs ... Remington Steele.
  
The X-Files and The Pretender were both favorites of mine and two well done series on HBO....The Wire and Deadwood were terrific.
 
Bebe, I think of all David Duchovny's portrayals as being a bit tongue in cheek...but he believes in the existence of extraterrestrials and a government conspiracy to hide the truth and his partner (Gillian Anderson) is a total skeptic. I'm a sucker for conspiracies (as in The Pretender)....and I thought they were a good team. Some shows were silly, some were hold onto your seats creepy.  
 
Not obscure dramas, but I loved Arrested Development... and I absolutely adore Absolutely Fabulous and Fawlty Towers. I just love to laugh and these are funny beyond words...  
 
I have no idea about any of the new shows on TV.

JANE.......................so great to wake up to you! I just think that D. Duchovny is a person I don't get..................I've seen him in movies & there's nothing there for me..................I really never watched Remington Steel, but I have developed a real appreciation of Pierce Brosnan. If you have not seen the movie Ghost Writer, I think you would really enjoy it. One show I love & sometimes they will do marathons is Freaks & Geeks.................it was just so good & half the cast is quite famous now. Absolutey Fabulous is amazingly ribald. Something only the British can get away w/.
 
I'm glad you heard the call of the EYE.......................this afternoon is our school Christmas Party, but we are not allowed to use the wordparty for either the faculty/staff parties or the kids parties. We have to call them intake??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (as I write this that ANNOYING blowhard, Donald Trump, is blathering away. Go away you orange clown freakshow!).
 
Today is a new day of testing. The district paid LOTS of money for these tests and they are so above the kids' level that it would make you weep. I'm almost to the point where I'm ready to stage some kind of Occupy the test makers. They are evil & only in it for the money. Homeschool.........................I don't care if you are a right wing, Christian conservative or a hippy.......................homeschool. There has to be some radical revolution to break the endless & damaging & pointless testing. And so it goes, & so it goes.........................of course it goes w/out saying that seeing your post made my day JANE.....................have a loverly day!

BEBE do you know the song "Why don't You Love Me David Duchovny?" written especially for me.......HAPPY INTAKE!!!!!

Some very nice work. There is a lot more.

http://youtu.be/hANeIYvk3VE

Bebe, I agree with you on Freaks and Geeks...I almost mentioned it with the others...I thought it was a very good show.  Duchovny has a deadpan delivery and I find him funny, but I don't take it at all personally if no one else likes him. I haven't seen Ghost Writer, but will add it to my list...there's just so little time!
 
I hear what you're saying about all the testing required these days...it's utterly absurd. Makes me so sad. Is this the last week before the Christmas vacation? oops...Holiday Season or whatever? You must be counting the minutes.
 
Intake? This borders on the ridiculous! though, at least it's innocuous and maybe good for some laughs. Have a great day tomorrow.❤
 
ChefDeb, where can I hear it?...hahaha

STONEY:   I agree with you almost completely ... but I have to admit to being a Large Carson Fan ... He was the only Goyisher I have ever known that had the optimum Delivery of a Jew .......
 
Long Story Short ... I wrote a Gag Line once for Paul Lynde ... simple and quick, but it cracked Carson up so bad that he wrote me and asked if he could use it, and even offered to pay ... I was of course too flattered to accept a Dime ... He used it in a Monologue on his Show ... Got a HUGE Response from the House, and that was payment enough for me ... Years later, while on Leave at home, I met with Paul Lynde again at the Cast Party of a Show he was doing with Alice Ghostly, and we discussed the Gag that he had shared with Carson ... Paul and I had a great laugh over it again, and he cracked up when he told me that he had kept and drunk the Bottle of Scotch that Carson had bought for me ... Carson invited me to make a Guest Spot on his Show, but my "Job" precluded my being able to suffer such exposure ...
 
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