Monday, December 24, 2018

Catalog Post #040

Classic Collection

0576
  Battlestar Galactica S4x05 "The Road Less Traveled"
  Bones S3x12 "The Baby in the Bough"
  Boston Legal S4x18 "Indecent Proposal"

0577
  Samantha Who? S1x13 "The Gallery Show"
  Medium S4x04 "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
  Terminal City S1x09 "Episode 9"

0578
  The Universe S2x15 "Wildest Weather in the Cosmos"
  The Universe S2x07 "Astrobiology"

0579
  The Universe S2x16 "The Biggest Things in the Universe"
  The Universe S2x17 "Gravity"
  The Universe S2x18 "Cosmic Apocalypse"

0580
  MI-5 S3x08 "Celebrity"
  The 4400 S2x04 "Suffer the Children"
  Robin Hood S2x02 "Booby and the Beast"

0581
  Reaper S1x15 "Coming to Grips"
  The Simpsons S10x09 "Mayored to the Mob"
  Brothers & Sisters S2x15 "Moral Hazard"

0582
  Dexter S1x11 "Truth Be Told"
  Bones S3x13 "The Verdict in the Story"

  Medium S4x15 "Being Joey Carmichael"

Current Collection

X203
  Title 1: Bob's Burgers S9x08 "Roller? I Hardly Know Her!"
  Title 2: Supernatural S14x07 "Unhuman Nature"
  Title 3: LSSC: Stephen Colbert Edition: Jon Stewart, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jake Tapper,
             Kerry Washington, Charlamagne tha God 
  Title 4: BoJack Horseman S1x10 "One Trick Pony"
  Title 5: LSSC: Sarah Burrellis "Armour" • Michelle Obama "Becoming" • Common "Glory"
  Title 6: Doctor Who S11x08 "The Witchfinders"
  Title 7: A Million Little Things S1x08 "Fight or Flight"
  Title 8: KXNews "Cold Pets"
  Title 9: The Good Place S3x09 "Janet(s)"
  Title 10: Doctor Who S11x09 "It Takes You Away"
  Title 11: Bob's Burgers S9x09 "UFO No You Didn't"

X204
  Title 1: Bob's Burgers S9x10 "Better Off Sled"
  Title 2: Doctor Who S11x10 "The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos"
  Title 3: A Million Little Things S1x09 "Perspective"
  Title 4: A Million Little Things S1x10 "Christmas Wishlist"
  Title 5: BoJack Horseman S1x11 "Downer Ending"
  Title 6: BoJack Horseman S1x12 "Later"
  Title 7: FX presents "Rise of the Guardians" (2012)
  Title 8: Full Frontal S3x29 Mueller investigation • Women's MMA fighters unionizing •
            Jeff Goldblum Christmas on I.C.E. special promo
  Title 9: Full Frontal S3x30 FOX Nation • Ashley does a podcast • Christmas on I.C.E. promo

X205
  Title 1: Supernatural S14x08 "Byzantium"
  Title 2: Supernatural S14x09 "The Spear"
  Title 3: Superstore S4x08 "Managers' Conference"
  Title 4: Superstore S4x09 "Shadowing Glenn"
  Title 5: Will & Grace S10x07 "So Long, Division"
  Title 6: Will & Grace S10x08 "Anchors Away"
  Title 7: The Magicians S1x08 "The Strangled Heart"
  Title 8: The Magicians S1x09 "The Writing Room"
  Title 9: The Magicians S1x10 "Homecoming"
  Title 10: The Magicians S1x11 "Remedial Battle Magic"

Saturday, December 15, 2018

Ep. 39: A Million Little References


Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 39th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,700 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "A Million Little References," I talked about a musical stage production of "A Christmas Story" we got to that they're running for another week at the FMCT -- go see that if you can, they do a fantastic job.

For my Friday Night Feature, I talked about a fourth season episode of "Doctor Who" called "The Fires of Pompeii" that I really enjoyed. It feels like most of the time when I talk about "Doctor Who" I'm complaining about this or that, so I wanted to just revel in the positives, not least of which this preunion of David Tennant, Catherine Tate and Peter Capaldi as 2-1/2 Doctors, along with a pre-Pond appearance by Karen Gillan as a soothsayer -- outstanding!

In my Classic Collection, along with a bunch of the usual, I discovered episodes of "Terminal City," a strong if unfortunately interrupted performance by George Michael in the first season finale of "Eli Stone," the BBC America counterterrorism production of "MI-5," several first season episodes of "The Sarah Jane Adventures" on Syfy, as well as Syfy's presentation of the 1995 "Ghost in the Shell" Puppet Master anime.

In my Current Collection, I managed to completely empty out my DVR and catalog most of my current collection, up to disc X202. I watched my season 5 pileup of AMC's 10th year anniversary reairing of "Breaking Bad," which figured heavily in the backlog. Unfortunately, this interfered a lot with progress on my Classic Collection, contributing to the lateness of this installment.

Along with "Breaking Bad," I archived episodes on either side of midterm elections from Samantha Bee's "Full Frontal" and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" I'll have to go back and catalog properly. I also brought in episodes from season 1 of Netflix original "BoJack Horseman" as rebroadcast on Comedy Central, as well as episodes of "The Good Place," "Superstore" and that ABC production of "A Million Little Things" my friend Jesse Zimmerman talked to me about in Episode 38 and which I was only able to watch three or four episodes of that, but maybe ABC will put the whole thing back on demand at some point. Speaking of missing episodes, I couldn't find the "Doctor Who" season 11 episode "Kerblam!" anywhere, but I think they're planning a marathon from the current season in the run-up to the Christmas episode so ... keeping an eye out. And in other Nerd Shows, comments on "Hacking the Universe" and "How the Universe Works."

Finally, in What I've Been Watching, Ralph and I got over to watch "Ralph Breaks the Internet," which was awesome. Be sure to stay to the end for the preview of "Frozen 2"!


VideoFuzzy

Monday, December 10, 2018

Catalog Post #039

Classic Collection

0562
  Eli Stone S1x11 "Patience"
  Eli Stone S1x12 "Waiting For That Day"

0563
  Eli Stone S1x13 "Soul Free"
  - George Michael sings "Feelin' Good"
  The Shield S6x03 "Back to One"
  Ugly Betty S2x14 "Twenty-Four Candles"

0564
  Grey's Anatomy S4x12 "Where the Wild Things Are"
  LOST S4x09 "The Shape of Things to Come"
  The Riches S2x06 "Dead Calm"

0565
  Doctor Who S4x01 "Partners in Crime"
  Battlestar Galactica S4x04 "Escape Velocity"
  My Name is Earl S3x18 "Killerball"

0566 
  MI-5 S3x04 "A Prayer For My Daughter"
  MI-5 S3x05 "Love and Death"
  MI-5 S3x06 "Persephone"

0567
  MI-5 S3x07 "Outsiders"
  Bones S3x11 "Player Under Pressure"

0568
  Terminal City S1x05 "Episode 5"
  Terminal City S1x06 "Episode 6"
  Terminal City S1x07 "Episode 7"

0569
  Terminal City S1x08 "Episode 8"
  The Sarah Jane Adventures S1x01 "Revenge of the Slitheen - Part 1"
  The Sarah Jane Adventures S1x02 "Revenge of the Slitheen - Part 2"
  The Sarah Jane Adventures S1x03 "Eye of the Gorgon - Part 1"

0570
  Robin Hood S2x01 "Sisterhood"
  [12 seconds of dead air for … reasons]
  The Simpsons S10x07 "Lisa Gets an A"
  Reaper S1x14 "Rebellion"
  The Simpsons S19x17 "Apocalypse Cow"

0571
  Desperate Housewives S4x13 "Hello Little Girl"
  Dexter S1x10 "Seeing Red"
  Brothers & Sisters S2x14 "Double Negative"

0572
  The 4400 S2x03 "Weight of the World"
  The Simpsons S10x08 "Kidney Trouble"
  SciFi presents "Ghost in the Shell" (1995) [part 1]

0573
  SciFi presents "Ghost in the Shell" (1995) [part 2]
  The Universe S2x14 "Nebulas"
  Medium S4x14 "Car Trouble"

0574
  The Riches S2x07 "The Lying King"
  LOST S4x10 "Something Nice Back Home"
  Ugly Betty S2x15 "Burning Questions"

0575
  Grey's Anatomy S4x13 "Piece of My Heart"
  Doctor Who S4x02 "The Fires of Pompeii"
  Sarah Jane Adventures S1x04 "Eye of the Gorgon - Part 2"
  Sarah Jane Adventures S1x05 "Warriors of Kudlak - Part 1"

Current Collection

X195
  Title 1: Syfy presents "American Psycho" (2000)
  Title 2: AMC presents "1408" (2007)
  Title 3: Superstore S4x05 "Delivery Day"
  Title 4: Doctor Who S11x04 "Arachnids of the U.K."
  Title 5: Full Frontal S3x26 Upcoming Midterms • anti-Semitic shooting and anti-Semitism in general  • 
                  Rep. Steve King racism • prosecutorial reform in Philadephia
  Title 6: BoJack Horseman S1x06 "Our A-Story is a 'D' Story"

X196
  Title 1: AMC presents "The Dead Zone" (1983)
  Title 2: Will & Grace S12x05 "Grace's Secret"
  Title 3: The Good Place S3x06 "A Fractured Inheritance"
  Title 4: AHS Apocalypse S8x08 "Sojourn"
  Title 5: Supernatural S14x04 "Mint Condition"
  Title 6: LSSC: Trump on 60 Minutes
  Title 7: LSSC: Megamillions

X197
  Title 1: LSSC: Caravan
  Title 2: Family Guy S11x09 "Space Cadet"
  Title 3: Bob's Burgers S9x05 "Live and Let Fly"
  Title 4: Superstore S4x06 "Maternity Leave"
  Title 5: Full Frontal S3x27 Midterm Eve Special
  Title 6: Full Frontal S3x28 Midterm Reaction Special [Part 1]
  Title 7: Full Frontal S3x28 Midterm Reaction Special [Part 2]
  Title 8: LSSC: Midterms
  Title 9: Doctor Who S11x05 "The Tsuranga Conundrum"
  Title 10: IFC presents "Hannibal Rising" (2007) 

X198
  Title 1: BoJack Horseman S1x07 "Say Anything"
  Title 2: Supernatural S14x05 "Nightmare Logic"
  Title 3: LSSC: Midterms eve
  Title 4: LSSC: Acosta
  Title 5: Sundance presents "Stargate" (1994)
  Title 6: Hacking the Universe w/ Brian Cox S1x03 "Are We Alone?"
  Title 7: How The Universe Works S4x01 "How The Universe Built Your Car" 

X199
  Title 1: How the Universe Works S5x07 "The Dark Matter Enigma"
  Title 2: Hacking the Universe w/ Brian Cox S1x02 "Why Are We Here?"
  Title 3: Hacking the Universe w/ Brian Cox S1x04 "What Is Our Future?"
  Title 4: Hacking the Universe w/ Brian Cox S1x01 "Apeman Spaceman"
  Title 5: Breaking Bad S5x05 "Dead Freight"
  Title 6: Bob's Burgers S9x06 "Bobby Driver"
  Title 7: Bob's Burgers S8x02 "The Silence of the Louise" [cuts in]
  Title 8: Superstore S4x07 "New Initiative"
  Title 9: Will & Grace S12x06 "Kid 'n Play"
  Title 10: The Good Place S3x07 "The Worst Possible Use of Free Will"
  Title 11: The Good Place S3x08 "Don't Let The Good Life Pass You By"
  Title 12: BoJack Horseman S1x08 "The Telescope" [part 1] 

Disc 200X200
  Title 1: BoJack Horseman S1x08 "The Telescope" [part 2]
  Title 2: AHS Apocalypse S8x09 "Fire and Reign"
  Title 3: AHS Apocalypse S8x10 "Apocalypse Then"
  Title 4: Doctor Who S11x06 "Demons of the Punjab"
  Title 5: LSSC: Trump in Europe
  Title 6: Supernatural S14x06 "Optimism"
  Title 7: FX presents "Joy" (2015)
  Title 8: Breaking Bad S5x06 "Buyout" [part 1] 

X201
  Title 1: Breaking Bad S5x06 "Buyout" [part 2]
  Title 2: Breaking Bad S5x07 "Say My Name"
  Title 3: Bob's Burgers S9x07 "I Bob Your Pardon"
  Title 4: LSSC: Melania Trump
  Title 5: BoJack Horseman S1x09 "Horse Majeure"
  Title 6: A Million Little Things S1x05 "The Game of Your Life"
  Title 7: A Million Little Things S1x06 "Unexpected"
  Title 8: A Million Little Things S1x07 "I Dare You"
  Title 9: Archer  S1x01 "Mole Hunt"
  Title 10: Breaking Bad S5x08 "Gliding All Over"
  Title 11: Breaking Bad S5x09 "Blood Money"

X202
  Title 1: Breaking Bad S5x10 "Buried"
  Title 2: Breaking Bad S5x11 "Confessions"
  Title 3: Breaking Bad S5x12 "Rabid Dog"
  Title 4: Breaking Bad S5x13 "To'hajillee"
  Title 5: Breaking Bad S5x14 "Ozymandias"
  Title 6: Breaking Bad S5x15 "Granite State"
  Title 7: Breaking Bad S5x16 "Felina"


With my Breaking Bad season 5 episodes archived,
I'd finally -- if momentarily -- cleared out my DVR!

Monday, November 19, 2018

Ep. 38: Shows I'm Not Watching


Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 38th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,700 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Shows I'm Not Watching," I chat with Jesse Zimmerman of The Average Movie Nerd blog about, well, shows I'm not watching, including "FBI," "SEAL Team," "S.W.A.T.," "Archer," "This Is Us," "A Million Little Things," "Castle Rock," "Charmed" and the "Magnum P.I." reboot. We also chat a little bit about "Supernatural," which I am watching, but I left it in anyway.

I've been watching a lot of TV lately and have gotten the DVR boiled down into the 25 percent range, with good prospects to get it completely cleared out over Thanksgiving weekend -- just in time to actually start watching "A Million Little Things" because Jesse made it sound amazing. While I have yet to catalog all of this viewing, I have recorded my 200th DVD in my current collection.

All of this has put a crimp in my overall cataloging efforts recently. However, in What I've Been Watching, this past week I took in the eighth season finale of "American Horror Story: Apocalypse," so I shared a few spoiler-y comments on that.

Finally, I gave shoutouts to a couple podcasts I've been enjoying lately: Chris Cooling's "Forgotten TV," and Matt Triest and Jon Waugh's "Damn That Television." I'll include a couple of links in my show notes. Enjoy!

Forgotten TV
Damn That Television


VideoFuzzy

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Ep. 37: Feeling Adventurous


Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 37th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,700 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Feeling Adventurous," I open with my Friday Night Feature, discussing the pilot episode of "The Sarah Jane Adventures," which turned up in my collection on disc 560. The show, a spinoff from "Doctor Who," aired for five seasons, and while I was in the Who-niverse, I took the opportunity to talk a bit more about "Doctor Who" as well.

Shifting to my classic VHS-to-DVD collection, I found a few episodes of "Eli Stone" and "Medium," and a few frames of an episode of "Samantha Who?" which, since it has not turned up in my catalog before now, may have been lost forever.

In my current direct-to-DVD recordings, I talked about the fourth season finale of "Better Call Saul," the continuing ethical conundrums they're facing on "The Good Place," the pilot episode of the "Charmed" reboot, brief comments on "BoJack Horseman," "Superstore" and "American Horror Story: Apocalypse," and I'm officially done bothering with "Murphy Brown." Enjoy!


VideoFuzzy

Saturday, October 27, 2018

Catalog Post #037

Classic Collection

0559 
  Desperate Housewives S4x12 "In Buddy's Eyes"
  Brothers & Sisters S2x13 "Separation Anxiety"

0560
  The Sarah Jane Adventures S1x01 "The Invasion of the Bane"
  The Simpsons S19x16 "Papa Don't Leech"

0561
  Samantha Who? S1x12 "Butterfiles" [scrap]
  Medium S4x13 "A Cure for What Ails You"
  Boston Legal S4x17 "The Court Supreme"
  Eli Stone S1x10 "Heartbeat"

0562
  Eli Stone S1x10 "Heartbeat"
  Eli Stone S1x11 "Patience"
  Eli Stone S1x12 "Waiting For That Day"

  Eli Stone S1x13 "Soul Free"

Current Collection

X191
  Title 1: Syfy presents "Insidious 2" (2013)
  Title 2: Doctor Who S11x01 "The Woman Who Fell to Earth"
  Title 3: FX presents "Hotel Transylvania 2" (2015)
  Title 4: Bob's Burgers S9x02 "The Taking of Funtime One Two Three"
  Title 5: Sundance presents "Spaceballs" (1987)

X192
  Title 1: commercial: anti-Cramer SMP: Tariffs
  Title 2: Supernatural S14x01 "Stranger in a Strange Land"
  Title 3: The Good Place S3x03 "The Snowplow"
  Title 4: AHS Apocalypse S8x05 "Boy Wonder"
  Title 5: BoJack Horseman S1x03 "Prickly Muffin"
  Title 6: Superstore S4x02 "Baby Shower"
  Title 7: Will & Grace S12x02 "Where in the World is Karen Walker?"
  Title 8: Better Call Saul S4x10 "Winner"
  Title 9: Syfy presents "Insidious 3" (2015)
  Title 10: Murphy Brown S11x03 "#murphytoo"
  Title 11: commercial: pro-Cramer, town halls
  Title 12: commercial: anti-Cramer, tariffs, SMP
  Title 13: Bob's Burgers S9x03 "Tweentrepreneurs"
  Title 14: commercial: Amazon, the small business
  Title 15: commercial: anti-Heitkamp: Two Heidis, Senate Leadership Fund
  Title 16: commercial: pro-Armstrong: family farms

X193
  Title 1: Bob's Burgers S9x04 "Nightmare on Ocean Avenue Street"
  Title 2: commercial: T-Mobile, bears
  Title 3: Doctor Who S11x02 "The Ghost Monument"
  Title 4: Doctor Who S11x03 "Rosa"
  Title 5: commercial: pro-Cramer; family
  Title 6: commercial: anti-Heitkamp, immigration SLF
  Title 7: commercial: pro-Heitkamp, adoption & family
  Title 8: commercial: pro-Armstrong, business climate
  Title 9: commercial: anti-Cramer, trade issues
  Title 10: commercial: pro-Heitkamp, independent voice
  Title 11: commercial: anti-Cramer, trade issues, SMP
  Title 12: Superstore S4x03 "Toxic Workplace"
  Title 13: The Good Place S3x04 "Jeremy Bearimy"
  Title 14: Will & Grace S12x03 "Tex and the City"
  Title 15: The Good Place S3x05 "The Ballad of Donkey Doug"
  Title 16: AHS Apocalypse S8x06 "Return to Murder House"
  Title 17: AHS Apocalypse S8x07 "Traitor"
  Title 18: Superstore S4x04 "Costume Competition"
  Title 19: Will & Grace S12x04 "Who's Sorry Now?"

X194
  Title 1: Charmed  S1x01 "Pilot"
  Title 2: Supernatural S14x02 "Gods and Monsters"
  Title 3: commercial: The CW "Open to all"
  Title 4: Supernatural S14x03 "The Scar"
  Title 5: Full Frontal S3x25 Mailbombs • Migrant caravans • Trump removing protections for trans people • 
                  Vermont governor race
  Title 6: BoJack Horseman S1x04 "ZoĆ«s & Zeldas"
  Title 7: BoJack Horseman S1x05 "Live Fast, Diane Nguyen"
  Title 8: Syfy presents "American Psycho II: All American Girl" (2002)
  Title 9: Murphy Brown S11x05 "The Girl Who Cried About Wolf"

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Ep. 36: The Podcast That Fell to Earth

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 36th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,700 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "The Podcast That Fell to Earth," I open with comments and reactions to the 11th season premiere of "Doctor Who" featuring new Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, in What I've Been Watching.


In my Friday Night Feature, I explore my reactions to a fourth-season episode of "Boston Legal" I found on disc 557, in which Jerry Espenson is accused of sexual assault, Nantucket wants a nuclear warhead and Shirley Schmidt explores end-of-life care options for her ailing father.
My classic VHS-to-DVD collection turned up a scrap of dialogue from a 2007 episode of "The Shield" in which Internal Affairs investigator Jon Kavanaugh is accused of sexual assault by Vic Mackey's ex-wife, which was interesting on a couple different levels. I also found a few more episodes of David Tennant's "Doctor Who," which touched off my renewed call for Whittaker's Doctor to go searching for her daughter.
In current direct-to-DVD recordings, I rip on a few Nerd Shows I recorded, one which appears to have been cobbled together from a couple different programs, and another, "StarTalk" with Neil deGrasse Tyson on National Geographic, which needlessly superimposes a comic talk show structure on advances in scientific inquiry.
In other viewing, I took in episodes of Netflix property "BoJack Horseman" as edited for rebroadcast on Comedy Central, the "Murphy Brown" reboot on CBS, "Superstore," "The Good Place," "Will&Grace" and the season 14 premiere of "Supernatural" -- lots of moving parts on that one.
And shoutout to the script archive hosted at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk, where I double-checked some of the dialogue I recreated for this recording. Enjoy!

VideoFuzzy

Monday, October 8, 2018

Catalog Post #036

Classic Collection

0553
  The Shield S5x06 "Rap Payback"
  The Shield S5x07 "Man Inside"
  The Shield S5x08 "Kavanaugh"

0554
  The Shield S5x09 "Smoked"
  The Shield S5x10 "Of Mice and Lem"

0555
  The Shield S5x10 "Postpartum"
  The Shield S6x01 "On the Jones"
  TDS (4/17/08): Final debate between Obama and Clinton • "No disrespect" • The question of "elitism" • 
     Uma Thurman
  TCR (4/17/08): Hillary Clinton takes on technical difficulties 

0556
  TCR (4/17/08): Final debate between Obama and Clinton • calling out Obama's patriotism • Rep. Patrick Murphy • 
     Sen. Barack Obama puts "Manufactured political distractions" on notice
  Battlestar Galactica S4x03 "The Ties That Bind"
  Reaper S1x13 "Acid Queen"
  The Riches S2x05 "Trust Never Sleeps"

0557
  Boston Legal S4x16 "The Mighty Rogues"
  Medium S4x12 "Partners in Crime"
  Doctor Who S3x13 "Last of the Time Lords"

0558 
  The Shield S6x02 "Baptism by Fire"
  Torchwood S2x13 "Exit Wounds"
  Doctor Who Christmas Special "Voyage of the Damned" (2007)

Current Collection

X187
  Title 1: FX presents “Ghostbusters” (2016)
  Title 2: Breaking Bad S5x04 “51”
  Title 3: commercial: pro-Heitkamp: anti-human trafficking
  Title 4: commercial: anti-Heitkamp: illegal immigration
  Title 5: commercial: pro-Cramer: tax cuts=economic growth
  Title 6: commercial: anti-Cramer: pay increases while on PSC
  Title 7: commercial: anti-Heitkamp: Concerned Women for America anti-abortion
  Title 8: commercial: American Standard self-cleaning toilet
  Title 9: AHS Apocalypse S8x03 "Forbidden Fruit"
  Title 10: BoJack Horseman S1x01 "BoJack Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Story, Chapter One"
  Title 11: Full Frontal S3x23 "Carrie"-ing re: Kavanaugh hearing • equal rights for NFL cheerleaders • 
                   Enthusiasm gap during midterms • Zendaya is Meechee and voting is cool now
  Title 12: Better Call Saul S4x08 "Coushatta"
  Title 13: The Good Place S3x01 "Everything is Bonzers"

X188
  Title 1: Murphy Brown S11x01 "Fake News"
  Title 2: TNT presents "Alice Through the Looking Glass" (2016)
  Title 3: LSSC: Kavanaugh allegations, calendar • Rosenstein job status • Flight of the Conchords "Father and 
                Son" • Trump at the U.N. • Cosby sentenced • Stephen shaves • Cruz heckled • Chik-fil-A offers 
                centenarian free food for life • Mascot bloopers: Gritty • America Ferrera • Nas "Adam and Eve" • A few 
                laughs at the U.N. • Kavanaugh hearings • Trump's press conference • axe-throwing bar regs • name 
                change at Dunkin' Donuts • Candice Bergen • Jon Batiste "Hollywood Africans" • Dr. Ford/Kavanaugh 
                testimony • Trump's press conference • Seal throws an octopus • Gosars campaign against their 
                brother • "Who's Boat is this Boat?" published • Jeff Bridges as Trump's attorney • Kristen Bell • 
                Nik Dodani
  Title 4: Bob's Burgers S9x01 "Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now"
  Title 5: Family Guy S8x07 "Jerome is the New Black" (scrap: Quagmire goes off on Brian)
  Title 6: commercial: anti-Cramer three ads, three lies, Majority Forward
  Title 7: IFC presents "Wayne's World" (1992)

X189
  Title 1: Better Call Saul S4x09 "Wiedersehen"
  Title 2: How The Universe Works S6x08 "The Strange Lives of Dwarf Planets"
  Title 3: The Planets and Beyond (How the Universe Works S1x08) "Moons" (aka "Alien Moons");
                 "Jupiter: The Sun's Secret Twin"
  Title 4: Star Talk  S3x05 Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews Brian Greene; discussion with Maeve Higgins and 
                 David Chalmers; man on the street conversations with Chuck Nice, insight from Bill Nye
  Title 5: Superstore S4x01 "Back to School"
  Title 6: Will & Grace S12x01 "The West Side Curmudgeon"
  Title 7: IFC presents "Wayne's World 2" (1993)

X190
  Title 1: AHS Apocalypse S8x04 "Could It Be … Satan?"
  Title 2: BoJack Horseman S1x02 "BoJack Hates the Troops"
  Title 3: Murphy Brown S1x02 "I (Don't) Heart Huckabee"
  Title 4: The Good Place S3x03 "The Brainy Bunch"
  Title 5: TCM presents "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974)
  Title 6: LSSC: FBI investigation on Brett Kavanaugh • Trump insults female reporters • Eric Idle • Kavanaugh 
                throwdown post UB40 concert • Trump family finances • Trump mocks Dr. Ford • Trump text • Jodie 
                Whitaker • Cat Power "Woman" • FBI report on Kavanaugh investigation • Senate vote scheduled • 
                Lady Gaga • Kavanaugh beer commercial • Trump announces USMCA agreement • Melania overseas 
                visit • EPA standards • Hurricane Florence aid • Sam Elliott
  Title 7: commercial: Heidi Heitkamp armwrestling ad

Saturday, September 29, 2018

Ep. 35: And the Award Goes to ... Huh?


Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 35th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,700 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "And The Award Goes to ... Huh?" I depart from my usual format to discuss the Emmys and my complete lack of interest, mainly due to the fact that I can't even see a lot of these shows without some kind of premium cable or subscription service.

In my classic VHS-to-DVD collection, I talk about an episode of Aaron Sorkin's "The West Wing" that showed up around the same time as part of his "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." I rip on "Criminal Minds" and "NUMB3RS," and chat about such other shows as "Boston Legal" and "Dexter," which anchors a segue into comments on my current direct-to-DVD recordings of "Supernatural" and then "American Horror Story: Apocalypse."

In what I've been watching I finished season 2 of "The Good Place" in anticipation of the Season 3 premiere this past week, and highlight a viewscreen from the season 1 finale listing the largest contributions to Eleanor Shellstrop's negative rating.

Also, I list corrections going back to March, and determine that I'm just going to correct errors as I encounter them. Finally, one of the podcasts I listen to, "In Our Time: Science," hosted by Melvyn Bragg through BBC Radio 4, has resumed releasing episodes and you can access them here. Enjoy!


VideoFuzzy

Sunday, September 23, 2018

Catalog Post #035

Classic Catalog

0538
  The Simpsons S17x10 "Homer's Paternity Coot"
  The West Wing S7x12 "Duck and Cover"
  The Simpsons S17x11 "We're on the Road to D'ohwhere"
  Family Guy S4x09 "Breaking Out is Hard to Do"
  Family Guy S4x10 "Model Misbehavior"
  Arrested Development S3x10 "Fakin' It"

0539
  Bones S2x04 "The Blonde in the Game"
  Criminal Minds S2x01 "The Fisher King: Part 2"

0540
  Grey's Anatomy S3x01 "Time Has Come Today"
  Fox Movie Channel presents "Alien Nation" (1988)

0541
  Close to Home S2x01 "Community"
  NUMB3RS S3x01 "Spree"

0542
  Veronica Mars S2x22 "Not Pictured"
  Prison Break S2x05 "Map 1213"
  Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip S1x01 "Pilot" [part 1]

0543
  Battlestar Galactica S2x18 "Downloaded"
  Battlestar Galactica S2x19 "Lay Down Your Burdens: Part 1"
  Battlestar Galactica S2x20 "Lay Down Your Burdens: Part 2"

0544
  Battlestar Galactica S3x01 "Occupation"
  Battlestar Galactica S3x02 "Precipice"
  Battlestar Galactica S3x03 "Exodus: Part 1"

0545
  Battlestar Galactica S3x04 "Exodus: Part 2"
  Dirt S2x06 "And the Winner Is"
  Battlestar Galactica S3x05 "Collaborators"

0546
  Battlestar Galactica S3x06 "Torn"
  Battlestar Galactica S4x02 "Six of One"
  Battlestar Galactica S3x07 "A Measure of Salvation"

0547
  Battlestar Galactica S3x08 "Hero"
  Battlestar Galactica S3x09 "Unfinished Business"
  Boston Legal S4x15 "Tabloid Nation"
  Battlestar Galactica S3x20 "Crossroads: Part 2"

0548
  Battlestar Galactica S3x20 "Crossroads: Part 2"
  South Park S10x07 "Tsst"
  Doctor Who S3x11 "Utopia"

0549
  Doctor Who S3x12 "The Sound of Drums"
  Medium  S4x11 "Lady Killer"
  The Riches S2x03 "Field of Dreams"

0550
  Torchwood S2x11 "Adrift"
  Torchwood S2x12 "Fragments"
  The Shield S5x03 "Jailbait"

0551
  Dexter S1x09 "Father Knows Best"
  The Riches S2x04 "Slums of Bayou Hills"
  Dirt S2x10 "In Lieu of Flowers"

0552
  Desperate Housewives S4x11 "Sunday"
  The Shield S5x04 "Tapa Boca"
  The Shield S5x05 "Trophy"

Current Catalog

X183
  Title 1: Supernatural S13x17 "The Thing"
  Title 2: Supernatural S13x18 "Bring ‘Em Back Alive"
  Title 3: Supernatural S13x21 "Beat the Devil"
  Title 4: commercial: RJC anti-Heitkamp: Iran plan
  Title 5: commercial: pro-Heidi, looking out for pensions
  Title 6: Family Guy S8x12 "Extra Large Medium" [scrap: "Down Syndrome Girl"]
  Title 7: Supernatural S13x22 "Exodus"
  Title 8: commercial: SLF anti-Heitkamp: rubber stamp
  Title 9: Supernatural S13x03 "Patience"
  Title 10: commercial: NRSC anti-Heitkamp: inaccurate and misleading ads
            commercial: anti-Cramer: soybean tariffs
  Title 11: AHS Apocalypse S8x01 "The End"
  Title 12: Better Call Saul S4x06 "PiƱata"
  Title 13: LSSC: Trump-Woodward reconstructed interview • Twitter testifies • Rightwing activist
              shut down • Alex Jones confronts Marco Rubio • Ryan Gosling plays Neil Armstrong • 
              Comedian Kathleen Madigan • Jay Rock "WIN"
  Title 14: LSSC: Les Moonves steps down • NYT Op-Ed • Colbert "interviews" VP Mike Pence • 
              Woodward's book "Fear" • Plaid shirt guy • Obama rally

X184
  Title 1: LSSC: Emmy shoutouts to John Oliver, John Legend • Bob Woodward "Fear" • [ad: Brave 
               Beginnings] • The Knocks f/ Foster the People "Ride or Die" • [ad: Stihl commercial] 
               Trump on Hurricanes Maria and Florence • Stormy Watch • NASA and naming rights 
               Alex Trebek's beard • Paul McCartney impropriety • Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Space
               Force, "Accessory to War" • Michael Rappaport • Tweets ahead of Hurricane Florence • 
               Stormy Watch: New book • Manafort in talks on plea agreement • Kavanaugh questionnaire • 
               Beto vs. Cruz ads • Beto O'Rourke • Trump tweets 3,000 deaths in Puerto Rico were politically
               motivated • Sessions on the way out? • Trump tries to ban Braille in Trump Tower • crack pipe 
               vending machines • John Heilemann and Alex Wagner • Tucker Carlson on Stormy and Avenatti • 
               Midterm outlooks • Michelle Obama memoir • Headshop altercation • Older people toking up • 
               Big Pharma • Waffle House index • Waffle House Song • Anne Marie "2002"
  Title 2: Full Frontal S3x21 So-called "Blue Wave" countered by GOP gerrymandering, court-jacking 
               and voter suppression • Full Frontal develops "This Is Not a Game" app
  Title 3: Supernatural S13x23 "Let The Good Times Roll"
  Title 4: FXM presents "Kung Fu Panda 3" (2016)
  Title 5: The Sinner S2x07 "Part VII"

X185
  Title 1: FX presents "10 Cloverfield Lane" (2016)
  Title 2: Breaking Bad S5x01 "Live Free or Die"
  Title 3: Breaking Bad S5x02 "Madrigal"
  Title 4: commercial: Majority Forward anti-Cramer: Internet
  Title 5: commercial: DSCC anti-Cramer: pre-existing conditions
  Title 6: commercial: Senate Leadership Fund anti-Heitkamp: Sylvan Melroe veteran funding
  Title 7: Full Frontal S3x22 Stormy's tell-all • Dr. Blasey Ford's allegation • the case for 
               universal healthcare • Chuck Jones, blue-collar leftie on Full Throttle • T-Mobile 
               commercial: real-life superhero • "This Is Not a Game" ap
  Title 8: LSSC: Stormy's tell-all • Dr. Blasey Ford's allegation • Stormy Watch: Toad from Mario 
               Cart • Colbert at the Emmys • Hurricane Florence recovery support • Bert and Ernie: 
               writer says gay, CTW says no • Jane Fonda • Willie Nelson • Willie Nelson "Summer 
               Wind"
  Title 9: commercial: NRSC pro-Cramer: developing energy resources
  Title 10: The Sinner S2x08 "Part VIII"
  Title 11: LSSC: coordinating Dr. Blasey Ford's testimony • Trump declassifies unreviewed documents
               • Trump visits hurricane victims: "Whose Boat is This Boat?" • Prince album release  
               "Piano and a Microphone" • Japan middle-aged man rental: Colbert's Middle-Aged Man 
               Wisdom • commercial: "Fahrenheit 11/9" • segment: "Dear Famous People"

X186
  Title 1: AHS Apocalypse S8x02 "The Morning After"
  Title 2: LSSC: Trump on Senate spending bill and funding for The Wall • Texas Ed Board pulling 
               Hillary Clinton, others from history books • mascot T-shirt cannon mishap • Hillary Clinton
  Title 3: Better Call Saul S4x07 "Something Stupid"
  Title 4: FX presents "Straight Outta Compton" (2015)
  Title 5: Breaking Bad S5x03 "Hazard Pay"