Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Ep. 20: What's a VideoFuzzy?


In this, my 20th episode, I enjoy a first-season episode of the "Battlestar Galactica" reboot. My classic collection features John Waters' "Female Trouble," "Casino Royale" (1967), episodes from "Eli Stone," "Lost," "Monk," and the edited-for-CBS version of "Dexter," plus episodes of "Torchwood" and "Doctor Who." My current collection features episodes of "@Midnight," "Claws," "Preacher" and a random episode of "Modern Family." In What I've Been Watching, I clear a lot of movies out of my DVR including "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues," "The Fantastic Four," "Thor: The Dark World," "Interstellar," "Zero Dark Thirty," "The Martian," "Batman: Dark Knight Rises" and "Psych: The Movie," which was AWESOME! I've also been watching episodes from "Supernatural," "The X Files," "Happy!" and "The Alienist." Also, every 10 episodes I give a project overview and progress report. This time: How did this whole thing start, and what the heck is a "VideoFuzzy"? Enjoy!


VideoFuzzy

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Catalog Post #020

Classic Collection

0423
  Sundance presents “Female Trouble” (1974)
  Lost S4x02 “Confirmed Dead”
  Eli Stone S1x02 “Freedom”

0424
  Torchwood S2x03 “To The Last Man”
  Brothers & Sisters S2x12 “Compromises”
  Prison Break S3x13 “The Art of the Deal”

0425
  Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles S1x06 “Dungeons and Dragons”
  Boston Legal S4x14 “Rescue Me”
  The Universe S2x10 “Constellations”

0426 
  Lost S4x04 “Eggtown”
  Eli Stone S1x04 “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”

0427 
  Monk S6x16 “Mr. Monk is on the Run (Part 2)”
  Battlestar Galactica S1x02 “Water”

0428
  BBC America presents “Casino Royale” (1967)

0429
  Doctor Who S3x05 “Evolution of the Daleks”
  Torchwood S2x05 “Adam”

0430 
  Doctor Who S3x04 “Daleks in Manhattan”
  HBO presents “The Black Dahlia” (2006)

0431
  Dexter (CBS) S1x02 “Crocodile”
  Nip/Tuck S5x14 “Candy Richards”
  Breaking Bad S1x05 “Gray Matter”

Current Collection

X096
  Title 1: The President Show S1x11 “Reality”
  Title 2: LSSC: Scaramucci’s first week
  Title 3: LSSC: Samantha Bee
  Title 4: LSSC: Spoon “Can I Sit Next to You?”
  Title 5: LSSC: Scaramucci highlights – Michael Moore – President on "Merry Christmas" – Transgender ban – Tyler gropes Colbert – Melania impersonation – Trump damaging White House
  Title 6: Will S1x04 “Brave New World”
  Title 7: IFC presents “Safe” (2012)
  Title 8: M*A*S*H S6x15 “The Smell of Music” [scrap]
  Title 9: The Gong Show S1x06 Chelsea Handler – Ken Merino – Will Arnett
  Title 10: Fawlty Towers S2x06 “Basil the Rat”
  Title 11: Syfy presents “Odd Thomas” (2013)

X097
  Title 1: TNT presents “The Time Machine” (2002)
  Title 2: Freeform presents “Despicable Me” (2010)
  Title 3: Preacher S1x05 “South Will Rise Again”
  Title 4: Preacher S1x06 “Sundowner”
  Title 5: Claws S1x08 “Teatro”
  Title 6: @Midnight S4x141 July 31, 2017 (Lester/Posehn/D’Elia)
  Title 7: LSSC: Scaramucci out – Gen. Kelly in – Colbert sings kind of flung-together “Bohemian Rhapsody” parody – North Korea missile test
  Title 8: LSSC: Matthew McConaughey in “Forecast from Exit 57” sketch
  Titles 9&10: @Midnight S4x142 Aug. 1, 2017 (Johnson/Harmon/Kenny)

X098
  Title 1: @Midnight S4x143 Aug. 2, 2017 (McDonald/Foley/Thompson)
  Title 2: Full Frontal S2x16 Letting Obamacare fail – Anti-Immigrant laws – “Racist Music Man” – Sam visits northern Iraq to hear from Kurds about how great Trump is
  Title 3: @Midnight S4x144 Aug. 3, 2017 (Kirkman/Borg/Tompkins)
  Title 4: @Midnight S4x145 Aug. 4, 2017 (Damn/Near/Everyone)
  Title 5: Ghost in the Shell S1x24 “Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; Barrage”
  Title 6: We Bare Bears S3x13 “The Fair”
  Title 7: Bob’s Burgers S2x08 “Bad Tina” [cuts out]
  Title 8: LSSC: Al Franken on health insurance
  Title 9: LSSC: Randy Newman “Putin”
  Title 10: We Bare Bears S3x18 “Private Lake”
  Title 11: LSSC: Arcade Fire “Everything Now” (with intro)
  Title 12: “Wisdom of the Crowd” promo
  Title 13: LSSC: Trombone Shorty “Here Come the Girls”
  Title 14: The Sinner S1x01 “Part I”
  Title 15: The Gong Show S1x07 Megan Fox – Adam Samberg – Maya Rudolph
  Title 16: Full Frontal S2x16 Rise of Steve Bannon – Trump appointing justices – Sam visits Iraqi Kurdistan to interview female ISIS fighters and helping refugees
  Title 17: Claws  S1x09 “Ambrosia”

X099
  Title 1: LSSC: Robert Pattinson (no, not really) – David Tennant, actually, and Niecy Nash
  Title 2: “Wisdom of the Crowd” promo
  Title 3: LSSC: Real News Tonight: Donald Trump Smile File
  Titles 4 & 5: TNT presents “Batman Begins” (2005)
  Title 6: TNT presents “Django Unchained” (2012)
  Title 7: The Sinner S1x02 “Part II”

X100
  Title 1: The Gong Show S1x08 Will Arnett – Jennifer Aniston – Jack Black
  Title 2: LSSC: Blackberry Smoke “Waiting for the Thunder”
  Title 3: The Sinner S1x03 “Part III”
  Title 4: LSSC: Trump press conference post fatal Charlottesville, Va. riot
  Title 5: LSSC: White House Chief of Staff John Kelly era over?
  Title 6: LSSC: Face the Nation anchor John Dickerson
  Title 7: LSSC: Grizzly Bear “Mourning Sound”
  Title 8: Preacher S1x07 “He Gone”
  Title 9: Preacher S1x08 “El Valero”
  Title 10: Preacher S1x09 “Finish the Song”
  Title 11: Preacher S1x10 “Call and Response”
  Title 12: The Gong Show S1x09 Joel McHale – Priyanka Chopra – Wendi McLendon-Covey

X101
  00000 Preacher S2x01 “On the Road”
  04511 NOVA S44x11 “Eclipse Over America” [cuts in]
  10416 Modern Family S6x21 “Integrity” [cuts in]

Monday, February 5, 2018

Ep. 19: Celebrating Special Guests


In this installment, I break into my third binder of homemade DVDs. I gain some insight into the theme song for "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee." And for my Friday Night Feature, I chat about the 2001 time travel exploration "Donnie Darko."

In my classic collection, I catalog a pretty broad range of movies including "L.A. Confidential," "Shaun of the Dead," "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," "Monster," "Magic," "11:14," "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer," "Breach," "The March of the Penguins" and "Female Trouble," and highlight cameo appearances by assorted guest stars in such shows as "Boston Legal," "Medium," "Monk," "Psych," "Nip/Tuck" and "Ugly Betty." And I'm pleasantly surprised to encounter a dear friend of mine making a cameo appearance in a segment on "The Colbert Report."

In my current collection, I cataloged the B-movie thrill-ride "Sucker Punch," along with such movies as "Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows," "Peep World" and "Big Fish," and episodes from "Fargo," "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," "Claws," "Doctor Who," "Fawlty Towers," "Preacher," "Will" and "The Gong Show." Oh, and Cyndi Lauper's 2016 performance on "Austin City Limits."

Finally, in What I've Been Watching, I recounted the list that flew by on a recent "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" of everything they tried to apologize for President Trump doing between Jan. 10 and Jan. 24. Also, some thoughts on the premieres of "Waco" and "The Alienist."


VideoFuzzy

Saturday, February 3, 2018

Catalog Post #019

Classic Collection

0392 
  Ugly Betty S2x11 “Zero Worship”
  Grey’s Anatomy S4x11 “Lay Your Hands on Me”
  Monk S6x11 “Mr. Monk Joins a Cult”

0393
  Psych S2x11 “There’s Something About Mira”
  Moonlight S1x11 “Love Lasts Forever”
  Family Guy S3x01 “The Thin White Line” [scrap: “I’m the Greatest Captain in the Queen’s Navy”]

0394 
  Comedy Central presents “Shaun of the Dead” (2004)
  SciFi presents “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” (2005)

0395
  Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles S1x01 “Pilot”
  Rescue Me S1x08 “Inches” [scrap: Tommy and Sheila tryst]
  “Brothers & Sisters” S2x10 “Feast of the Epiphany”
  Prison Break S3x09 “Boxed In”

0396
  Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles S1x02 “Gnothi Seauton”
  Nip/Tuck S5x09 “Rachel Ben Natan”
  Family Guy S4x22 “Sibling Rivalry” [scrap: “The Vasectomy Song”]
  The Universe S2x06 “Dark Matter/Dark Energy”

0397
  The Universe S1x10 “Life & Death of a Star”
  Medium S4x02 “But for the Grace of God”
  Boston Legal S4x11 “Mad About You”

0398
  Ugly Betty S2x12 “Odor in the Court”
  Moonlight S1x12 “The Mortal Cure”

0399 
  Monk S6x12 “Mr. Monk Goes to the Bank”
  Psych S2x12 “The Old and the Restless”
  Breaking Bad S1x01 “Pilot”

0400
  Prison Break S3x10 “Dirt Nap”
  Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles S1x03 “The Turk”
  Medium S4x03 “To Have and to Hold”

0401
  The Universe S1x03 “End of the Earth”
  Nip/Tuck S5x10 “Magda & Jeff”
  Ad Council: Questions are the answer [get more involved in your own health care]
  Boston Legal S4x12 “Roe v. Wade: The Musical”

0402
  Chuck S1x12 “Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover”
  Chuck S1x13 “Chuck Versus the Marlin”
  Ugly Betty S2x13 “A Thousand Words by Friday”

0403
  Monk S6x13 “Mr. Monk and the Three Julies”
  Psych S2x13 “Lights, Camera ... Homicidio”
  Doctor Who Christmas Special “The Runaway Bride” (2006)

0404
  The Simpsons S19x11 “That ’90s Show”
  Breaking Bad S1x02 “The Cat’s in the Bag ...”

0405
  Doctor Who S3x01 “Smith and Jones”
  Torchwood S2x01 “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang”

0406
  AMC presents “Magic” (1978)

0407
  Sundance presents “Donnie Darko” (2001)
  Kent Conrad campaign ad for Barack Obama
  Nip/Tuck S5x11 “Kyle Ainge”

0408
  Lost S4x01 “The Beginning of the End”
  Eli Stone S1x01 “Pilot”

0409
  IFC presents “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” (1986)
  Monk S6x14 “Mr. Monk Paints His Masterpiece”
  Psych S2x14 “Dis-Lodged”

0410
  “Old English Folk Song” from Bob Saget’s “That Ain’t Right” HBO comedy special (Aug. 25, 2007)
  The Universe S2x07 “Astrobiology”
  Sundance presents “Mercy” (2004)

0411
  The Science Channel presents “March of the Penguins” (2005)
  HBO presents “Breach” (2007) [part 1]
  Breaking Bad S1x03 “... and the Bag’s in the River”
  The Universe S2x08 “Space Travel”

0412
  Brothers & Sisters S2x11 “The Missionary Imposition”
  The Colbert Report S4x04 National Treasure – Colbert’s portrait to hang at National Portrait Gallery.
  Prison Break S3x12 “Hell or High Water”
  Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles S1x05 “Queen’s Gambit”

0413
  Nip/Tuck S5x13 “August Walden”
  The Colbert Report S4x22 Lisa Randall “Warped Dimensions”
  Boston Legal S4x13 “Glow in the Dark”

0414
  The Universe S2x09 “Supernovas”
  HBO presents “Breach” (2007) [part 2]

0415
  HBO presents “Breach” (2007) [part 3]
  IFC presents “Monster” (2003)

0416
  Prison Break S3x11 “Under & Out”
  Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles S1x04 “Heavy Metal”

0417 
  IFC presents “11:14” (2003)
  NOVA S35x04 “Astrospies”

0418 
  Lost S4x03 “The Economist”
  Eli Stone S1x03 “Father Figure”
  Monk S6x15 “Mr. Monk is on the Run (Part 1)”

0419
  Psych S2x16 “Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead”
  Torchwood S2x04 “Meat”
  The Simpsons S19x12 “Love, Springfieldian Style”
  Funny Orbit commercial – Cleaning up dirty mouths

0420
  Breaking Bad S1x04 “Cancer Man”
  TCM presents “L.A. Confidential” (1997)

0421
  Nip/Tuck S5x12 “Lulu Grandiron”
  Psych S2x15 “Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion”

0422
  TDS w/ Jon Stewart S13x20 Mitt Romney drops out
  Torchwood S2x02 “Sleeper”
  Sundance presents “Female Trouble” (1974)

Current Collection

X087
  Title 1: AMC presents “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” (2011)
  Title 2: LSSC: Real News on Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
  Title 3: LSSC: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds “Rings of Saturn”
  Titles 4 & 5: IFC presents “Sucker Punch” (2011)
  Title 6: Full Frontal S2x11 Sessions' Senate Probe – Child Marriage in NH – Prison programs
  Title 7: Fargo S3x09 “Aporia”

X088
  Title 1: The President Show S1x08 “Party”
  Title 2: LSSC: Fleet Foxes “Third of May”
  Title 3: Father Brown S3x09 “The Truth in the Wine”
  Title 4: Syfy presents “Big Fish” (2003)
  Title 5: Fawlty Towers S1x06 “The Germans”
  Title 6: Doctor Who S10x10 “The Eaters of Light”
  Title 7: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency S1x03 “Rogue Wall Enthusiasts”
  Title 8: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency S1x04 “Watkin”
  Title 9: Ghost in the Shell S1x19 “Embraced by a Disguised Net; Captivated”

X089
  Title 1: Better Call Saul S3x10 “Lantern”
  Title 2: LSSC: Paul Shaffer interview + performance f/ Valerie Simpson “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”
  Title 3: Fargo S3x10 “Somebody to Love”
  Title 4: Full Frontal S2x12 Racheting up the Rhetoric – Child Victims Act in N.Y. – Words and meaning in the Trump era
  Title 5: Awesome iPhone 7 Memories commercial
  Titles 6 & 7: The Gong Show S1x01 Zach Galafianakis/Ken Jeong/Will Arnett
  Title 8: The President Show S1x09 “Witch Hunt” [cuts in]
  Title 9: @Midnight “The Queens of Drag Race” Alaska, Katya and Ginger Minj
  Title 10: Ghost in the Shell S1x20 “Vanished Medication; Re-View”
  Title 11: Fawlty Towers S2x01 “Communication Problems”
  Title 12: 00000 Doctor Who S10x11 “World Enough and Time”
                04446 Father Brown S3x10 “The Judgment of Man” [part 1]

X090
  Title 1: Father Brown S3x10 “The Judgment of Man” [part 2]
  Title 2: Prairie Mosaic: Mike Scholtz, filmmaker
  Title 3: Full Frontal S2x13 Health bill stalls – Dreamers – Sen. Warren – Planned Parenthood
  Title 4: The President Show S1x07 “Stunt”
  Title 5: Doctor Who S10x12 “The Doctor Falls”
  Title 6: Fawlty Towers S2x02 “The Psychiatrist” [cuts out]
  Title 7: Fawlty Towers S2x02 “The Psychiatrist” [scrap]
  Title 8: The Gong Show S1x03 Dana Carvey, Tracee Ellis Ross, Anthony Anderson
  Title 9: IFC presents “Peep World” (2010)
  Title 10: Preacher  S1x01 “Pilot”

X091
  Title 1: Fawlty Towers S2x03 “Waldorf Salad”
  Title 2: Syfy presents “Bridge to Terabithia” (2007)
  Title 3: Austin City Limits presents Cyndi Lauper (Sept. 10, 2016) Introduction “Funnel of Love” “She Bop” “I Drove All Night” “End of the World” “Cowboy Sweetheart” “Money Changes Everything” “Misty Blue” “Time After Time” “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” “True Colors”
  Title 4: Prairie Public Television presents “Big Pacific” (2017)
  Title 5: TBS presents “Percy Jackson and Olympians: The Lightning Thief” (2010)
  Title 6: Will S1x01 “The Play’s the Thing” [part 1]

X092
  Title 1: Will S1x01 “The Play’s the Thing” [part 2]
  Title 2: Will S1x02 “Cowards Die Many Times”
  Title 3: Ghost in the Shell S1x21 “Left-Behind Trace; Eraser”
  Title 4: LSSC: Emmy Lou Harris & The Red Dirt Boys “Pilgrim”
  Title 5: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency S1x05 “Very Erectus”
  Titles 6 & 7: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency S1x06 “Fix Everything”
  Title 8: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency S1x07 “Weaponized Soul”
  Title 9: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency S1x08 “Two Sane Guys Doing Normal Things”
  Title 10: @Midnight Casino Night S4x127 Penn Jillette-Teller-Barker-Arj Barker
  Title 11: Claws S1x01 “Tirana”
  Title 12: The President Show  S1x10 “Containment” [part 1]

X093
  Title 1: The President Show  S1x10 “Containment” [part 2]
  Title 2: LSSC: Don Jr. Russian email collusion – Joe Scarborough & Mika Brzezinski – Andy Serkis
             03347 Scarborough “Monkey House”
  Title 3: Claws S1x02 “Funerary”
  Title 4: Mary J. Blige f/ Women of Claws “Strength of a Woman”
  Title 5: Claws S1x03 “Quicksand”
  Title 6: Claws S1x04 “Fallout”
  Title 7: Claws S1x05 “Batshit”
  Title 8: The Gong Show S1x04 Ed Helms – Alison Brie – Will Arnett
  Title 9: Fawlty Towers S2x04 “The Kipper and the Corpse”
  Title 10: Ghost in the Shell S1x22 “Corporate Graft; Scandal”
  Title 11: LSSC: The New Pornographers “Whiteout Conditions”
  Title 12: LSSC: Don Jr. fallout continues; Bannon weighs in – Sessions on cake-baking – Vatican won’t go gluten-free
  Title 13: LSSC: John Oliver Presidential Battle
  Title 14: Robot Chicken: Nerd Ode to “Star Wars”

X094
  Title 1: LSSC: Planetarium “Mercury”
  Title 2: Preacher S1x02 “See”
  Title 3: Preacher S1x03 “The Possibilities”
  Title 4: LSSC: “Mystery Guy” Trump Edition – Colbert Russia Week – GOP health care bill dead – Kermit performer contract negotiations – Stephen’s trip to Russia: Talking to the people
  Title 5: LSSC: Keegan Michael Key
  Title 6: Will S1x03 “The Two Gentlemen”
  Title 7: Full Frontal S2x14 Election Integrity – Open drunk mic at CSPAN2 – Impeachment rallies
  Title 8: LSSC: Comedian Matteo Lane
  Title 9: Preacher S1x04 “Monster Swamp”
  Title 10: Bravo presents “Bridesmaids” (2011)

X095
  Title 1: Ghost in the Shell S1x23 “The Other Side of Good and Evil; Equinox”
  Title 2: Fawlty Towers S2x05 “The Anniversary”
  Title 3: The Gong Show S1x05 Robbie Riggle – Ken Jeong – Regina Hall
  Title 4: Claws  S1x06 “No. 2”
  Title 5: LSSC: Tyler the Creator “911”
  Title 6: Claws  S1x07 “Escape”
  Title 7: Syfy presents “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters” (2013)
  Titles 8-10: Full Frontal S2x15 Scaramucci joins Team Trump – Trump addresses Boy Scout Jamboree – Trump’s Spreading Taint – GOP healthcare and tax plans: Supply siders
  Title 11: LSSC: “Game of Thrones” spoiler-proof bucket – Trump rejects transgender service members – GOP healthcare plan rejected – Trump turns on Sessions – Trump campaign rally in Ohio – Scaramucci – Michael Moore – Sutton Foster – Black “Free”