Bummer to read your disappointment over Cunk On Life. I also thought Cunk On Earth was just brilliant. I remember being blown away by Morgan's uncut stream-of-consciousness monologue describing the increasingly batsh-- goings-on at a medieval castle. No show made me laugh more.
I was born in 1966 and was in the first generation to grow up with Sesame Street. I loved the show and the characters so much and all of it has a special place in my heart, but the truth is this. That show, the show that meant so much to me, is long gone.
The current iteration is fine, I guess, but they long ago sucked all the off-the-wall creativity, quirky character and special feel out of it.
My son was born in '92 and he loved the show. But my daughter was born in 2008 and she didn't care for it much at all.
Sesame Street is still a well-known and well-loved IP and I'm sure sure it will find a home somewhere in streaming land for now, but I think the handwriting is on the wall. Future parents aren't going to have the same nostalgia for it that we do and it will eventually fade away.
I was bummed to see your reaction to Cunk on Life too. We loved the previous stuff but the character/premise does walk a fine line. It’s only an hour, at least, so if it goes sour we can power through or turn it off without much time sunk either way.
We’re halfway through Laid and we just started Rivals, enjoying both amidst the effort to catch up on stuff before the font of regular TV resumes; still haven’t gotten to Black Doves yet and on the fence about trying the massive swing that is One Hundred Years of Solitude. The Agency is getting pulled in too many directions, which I think your review warned of, but I expect we’ll stick it out at this point. Skeleton Crew has been more fun, and for the whole family, than expected.
Wow my TV calendar is already beginning to fill up for winter 2025! I am happy to hear you enjoyed The Pitt. I haven’t revisited ER but watched it for years in real time.
Alan! Hearing that you loved The Pitt has made me doubly excited to see it. I'm not expecting ER 2.0 but to hear it's satisfying is enough because I do love the medical drama is done well. I can't wait. Very intrigued to see On Call too. That, at least from the trailer, feels more melodramatic than I'd like, but it feels like a return to the kind of TV we've lost. Happy New Year!
As I've grown older, gore and viscera in film/TV tends to turn my stomach in ways it never did when I was younger (for a variety of reasons). Being on HBO and knowing the tendencies within modern TV, is The Pitt a show with a lot of graphic surgery scenes? I intend to watch it but just wondering how careful I'll need to be (didn't see mentions in your review, just asking).
It all takes place in the emergency department, so while there are some surgical procedures, we never go into operating rooms. That said, there is some gory stuff, including a particularly nasty injury involving someone whose limb gets stuck between a subway car and the platform. I would guess there are maybe 2 or 3 incidents over the 10 episodes I've seen that made me squirm, though. For the genre, the ratio is low.
Coincidentally, the only real-time episode (excluding the live episode) on ER is probably the best episode, “Time of Death” (S11, E6), in the 2nd half of the show’s run. Ray Liotta had a tremendous performance.
Oh, right! That is one of the few I skipped over during the treadmill binge, because the relative slowness, while absolutely right for the story, wasn't great for keeping me moving. (See also the Mark/Doug road trip episode, and Mark's death in Hawaii.)
Bummer to read your disappointment over Cunk On Life. I also thought Cunk On Earth was just brilliant. I remember being blown away by Morgan's uncut stream-of-consciousness monologue describing the increasingly batsh-- goings-on at a medieval castle. No show made me laugh more.
I was born in 1966 and was in the first generation to grow up with Sesame Street. I loved the show and the characters so much and all of it has a special place in my heart, but the truth is this. That show, the show that meant so much to me, is long gone.
The current iteration is fine, I guess, but they long ago sucked all the off-the-wall creativity, quirky character and special feel out of it.
My son was born in '92 and he loved the show. But my daughter was born in 2008 and she didn't care for it much at all.
Sesame Street is still a well-known and well-loved IP and I'm sure sure it will find a home somewhere in streaming land for now, but I think the handwriting is on the wall. Future parents aren't going to have the same nostalgia for it that we do and it will eventually fade away.
My brother and I were obsessed with Snuffleupagus sightings (remember when it was all first-run and, if you missed it, you missed it?).
I was bummed to see your reaction to Cunk on Life too. We loved the previous stuff but the character/premise does walk a fine line. It’s only an hour, at least, so if it goes sour we can power through or turn it off without much time sunk either way.
We’re halfway through Laid and we just started Rivals, enjoying both amidst the effort to catch up on stuff before the font of regular TV resumes; still haven’t gotten to Black Doves yet and on the fence about trying the massive swing that is One Hundred Years of Solitude. The Agency is getting pulled in too many directions, which I think your review warned of, but I expect we’ll stick it out at this point. Skeleton Crew has been more fun, and for the whole family, than expected.
Wow my TV calendar is already beginning to fill up for winter 2025! I am happy to hear you enjoyed The Pitt. I haven’t revisited ER but watched it for years in real time.
Alan! Hearing that you loved The Pitt has made me doubly excited to see it. I'm not expecting ER 2.0 but to hear it's satisfying is enough because I do love the medical drama is done well. I can't wait. Very intrigued to see On Call too. That, at least from the trailer, feels more melodramatic than I'd like, but it feels like a return to the kind of TV we've lost. Happy New Year!
Alan, have you watched Lockerbie?
No. Too many other things, not particularly interested in a dramatization of that story.
Yeah, I’m not either really, but I love Colin Firth so I am curious.
As I've grown older, gore and viscera in film/TV tends to turn my stomach in ways it never did when I was younger (for a variety of reasons). Being on HBO and knowing the tendencies within modern TV, is The Pitt a show with a lot of graphic surgery scenes? I intend to watch it but just wondering how careful I'll need to be (didn't see mentions in your review, just asking).
It all takes place in the emergency department, so while there are some surgical procedures, we never go into operating rooms. That said, there is some gory stuff, including a particularly nasty injury involving someone whose limb gets stuck between a subway car and the platform. I would guess there are maybe 2 or 3 incidents over the 10 episodes I've seen that made me squirm, though. For the genre, the ratio is low.
Coincidentally, the only real-time episode (excluding the live episode) on ER is probably the best episode, “Time of Death” (S11, E6), in the 2nd half of the show’s run. Ray Liotta had a tremendous performance.
Oh, right! That is one of the few I skipped over during the treadmill binge, because the relative slowness, while absolutely right for the story, wasn't great for keeping me moving. (See also the Mark/Doug road trip episode, and Mark's death in Hawaii.)