Ep. 27: Digging Dirt

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 27th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,700 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Digging Dirt" I stitch together a second season episode of the FX series "Dirt," in which paparazzo Don Konkey is attacked and tied up in a Senate candidate's sex dungeon. Highlights include some fraught family dynamics and a peek at the early career of Evan Peters.

In my Classic Collection I encounter cool episodes of "Rescue Me," "Psych" and "The 4400" and a BBC America production of Hellen Mirren in "Calendar Girls." Also, I'm finding episodes of the second season of "The Riches."

My Current Collection turned up a few movies, a few mid-season episodes from "American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace" and some season 11 episodes of "The X-Files," which I discovered may only be about half the actual season, but I've decided is all I'm going to need of that show.

In What I've Been Watching, comments on the 12th season of "Supernatural" and some followup news on "Wayward Sisters." Also, Michael Bay's "The Island," comments on "Legion" and "Deadpool 2" was awesome.

Finally, I'm still planning a special episode for my first year anniversary in June, and if anyone wants to be part of that, contact me through my Facebook page or email audio or video files to tjaman1970@yahoo.com.

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Catalog Post #027

Classic Collection

0487
  Rescue Me S3x12 “Hell”
  Kanye West f/ Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger”
  Busta Rhymes f/ Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott “Touch It Remix”
  Monk S5x08 “Mr. Monk Goes to a Rock Concert” 

0488 
  Psych S1x08 “Shawn vs. The Red Phantom” (f/George Takei)
    Psych out: “I’ll Make Love to You”
  MadTV Queens of the Stone Age “Go With The Flow” [cuts in/cuts out]
  The 4400 S3x13 “Fifty-Fifty”
  Dirt S2x03 “God Bless the Child” [cuts in]

0489
  The History Channel International presents “Judas: Traitor or Friend?” (2002)
  BBC America presents “Calendar Girls” (2003)

0490 
  South Park S3x14 “The Red Badge of Gayness”
  Medium S4x08 “Burn Baby Burn (2)”
  The Riches S2x01 “The Last Temptation of Wayne”

0491
  South Park S12x02 “Britney’s New Look”
  MI-5 S3x02 “The Sleeper”
  LOST S4x08 “Meet Kevin Johnson”

0492
  TDS 3/20/08: “Iraq: The First 5 Years” a foul-mouthed polar bear and community theater – 
     Dick Cheney tours Middle East – Alex Kingsbury: U.S. News & World Report journalist
  The 4400 S2x03 “Voices Carry”
  Terminal City S1x03 “Episode 3”

Current Collection

X133
  Title 1: FX presents “Zero Dark Thirty” (2012)
  Title 2: Syfy presents “Fantastic Four” (2005)
  Title 3: We Bare Bears S3x43 “I Am Ice Bear”

X134
  Title 1: FX presents “Thor: The Dark World” (2013)
  Title 2: FX presents “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” (2015)
  Title 3: LSSC: Joel McHale
  Title 4: LSSC: Yara Shahidi
  Title 5: LSSC: Joywave “Doubt”
  Title 6: LSSC: Nathan Lane
  Title 7: Ghost in the Shell S2x13 “Face: Make Up”

X135
  Title 1: The Alienist S1x03 “Episode 3”
  Title 2: TNT presents “Batman: The Dark Knight Rises” (2012)
  Title 3: USA presents “Psych: The Movie” (2017)
  Title 4: The X-Files S11x03 “Plus One”
  Title 5: The X-Files S11x04 “The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat” [cuts out]

X136
  Title 1: The X-Files S11x04 “The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat” [cuts in]
  Title 2: The X-Files S11x05 “Ghouli”
  Title 3: scrap: John Turturro as Seymour Simmons + Alan Tudyk as Dutch in “Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon”
  Title 4: The X-Files S11x06 “Kitten”
  Title 5: scrap: Jeopardy! cutaway to a big swimming polar bear
  Title 6: We Bare Bears S3x44 “Baby Bears Can’t Jump”
  Title 7: The Magicians S3x06 “Do You Like Teeth?”
  Title 8: The Magicians S3x07 “Poached Eggs”
  Title 9: ACS: The Assassination of Gianni Versace S1x04 “House by the Lake”
  Title 10: ACS: The Assassination of Gianni Versace S1x05 “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”
  Title 11: Claws S1x10 “Avalanche”

Ep. 26: Bringing the Thunder

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 26th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,700 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Bringing the Thunder" I talk about the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, hosted by Jack Black and featuring strong performances by Panic! At the Disco, Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliot, Ludacris, The Pussycat Dolls, Jack White and the Raconteurs and many more.

I talk about podcasts I've been listening to, including "Damn That Television," the "Reduced Shakespeare Company" podcast, WCBU's "Out and About" podcast focused on the arts scene in central Illinois, the official unofficial "Legion" fan podcast, "Voices of Deconversion," "Ask Me Another" and "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me," along with a couple more production-centered podcasts including "The Feed" by Libsyn podcast host staffers and "Build a Big Podcast" by David Hooper. Check them out!

In my Classic Collection, I talk about a public television series I encountered called "Beyond Theology." I also ran into episodes of "Prison Break" and "Hustle." And in some old business, I broke into a new Frankendisc, repairing the fractured copy of "Gaslight" I talked about in Episode 25. In my Current Collection, I cataloged copies of "Interstellar," "The Martian" and an episode of "The Magicians."

In What I've Been Watching, I watched full seasons of "Taboo" and "Siren," episodes of "Legion," "Superstore," "Bob's Burgers," "Brockmire," and "Full Frontal," three old episodes of "The Twilight Zone," a PBS biography of Nikolai Telsa and installments of "Civilization" focused on art and religion. Also, I saw Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof," Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Network" and trippy '70s production "Logan's Run," and Marvel movies "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Ant-Man."

Also, I'm on Twitter! Follow me at @tjVideoFuzzy :)

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Catalog Post #026

Classic Collection

0477
  quarterlife S1x06 “Home Sweet Home”
  Doctor Who S3x08 “Human Nature”
  Torchwood S2x08 “A Day in the Death”

0478
  Beyond Theology S1x01 “A Finger Pointing at the Moon”
  Beyond Theology S1x02 “Church and State”
  Beyond Theology S1x03 “The Ground of Being”
  Beyond Theology S1x04 “American Pluralism”

0479
  Beyond Theology S1x05 “Science and Spirituality”
  The Simpsons S19x08 “Funeral for a Fiend”
  Dexter S1x05 “Love American Style”
  Dirt S2x03 “God Bless the Child”

0480
  Eureka S1x01 “Pilot”
  Rescue Me S3x07 “Satisfaction”

0481
  Hustle S3x04 “A Bollywood Dream”
  Monk S5x03 “Mr. Monk and the Big Game”
  Psych S1x03 “Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece”
   Psych out moment: “Jesse’s Girl”

0482
  The Closer S2x07 “Head Over Heels”
  Leno: Kyra Sedgwick – Emmy nomination - no accent
  Dead Like Me S1x03 “Curious George”

0483
  Bones S2x01 “The Titan on the Tracks”
  MTV 2006 VMAs hosted by Jack Black [cuts in]
    Lil Kim intro in prison orange
    Best Male Video: James Blunt “Beautiful”
    Best Hip Hop Video: Black Eyed Peas “My Humps”
    Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean “Hips Don’t Lie”
    Jackass stunt: Vote for Viewers’ Choice Award
    Best Female Video: Kelly Clarkson: “Because of You”
    Ludacris f/ Pussy Cat Dolls “Money Makey”
    Sarah Silverman “surprised” by Lance Bass coming out.
    Jack Black and Kyle Gass as a Moonman
    Best Dance Video: Pussy Cat Dolls f/ Snoop Dogg “Buttons”
    Chris Brown (getting cheers) introduces OKGO
    OKGO does the treadmill version of “Here it Goes Again” live
    Shaun White introduces Jackass promo for Viewers’ Choice Award
    Jack Black introduces Paris Hilton
    All-American Rejects “Move Along”
    Best Pop Video: P!nk “Stupid Girl”
    The Raconteurs
    Best Rap Video: Chamillionaire “Ridin’”
    Beyoncé “Let You Go”
    commercial: Nike “I Feel Pretty”
    Sarah Silverman: Wanna be famous? Don’t do drugs.
    Best Direction in a Video: Gnarls Barkley “Crazy”
    Best Choreography: Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean “Hips Don’t Lie”
    Best Special Effects: Missy Elliot: “We Run This”
    T.I. “What You Know”
    Best Group Video: All American Rejects “Move Along”
    The Raconteurs “Steady As She Goes”
    commercial: Pepsi - Jimmy Fallon
    Ringtone of the Year: Ft. Minor “Where’d You Go?”
    Panic! At the Disco “I Write Sins not Tragedies”
    Fergie presents nominees for Best New Artist in a Video

0484
  MTV Video Music Awards 2006 [continued]
    Best New Artist in a Video: Avenged Sevenfold “Bat Country”
    The Raconteurs: Jack Black realizes he should start a band with Jack White.
    at home with Britney and K-Fed
    Best R&B Video: Beyoncé f/ Slim Thug “Check On Me”
    Kanye West introduces Video Vanguard Award
      Busta Rhymes: “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See”
      Missy Elliot: “I Cant’ Stand the Rain”
    Video Vanguard Award: Hype Williams
    Sarah Silverman
    Christina Aguilera “Hurt”
    Lou Reed and P!nk present Best Rock Video: AFI “Miss Murder”
    The Raconteurs f/ ZZ Top “Cheap Sunglasses”
    Best HipHop R&B Fusion Video: presented by the Black Eyed Peas and Kyle Gass, Jack has a breakdown
    Tenacious D “Friendship”
    Jackass: Viewers’ Choice Awards: Fallout Boy “Dance Dance”
    Queen Latifah introduces Al Gore looks back on 25 years of MTV, promotes ecology
    Raconteurs “Internet Killed the Video Star”
    JLo presents Video of the Year: Panic! At the Disco “I Write Sins Not Tragedy”
       Some guy called Six hopped up and grabbed the mic, telling us to visit mtv6000.com
    Axl Rose introduced: The Killers “When You Were Young”
  MTV Video Music Awards 2006
    Jay-Z introduces MTV VMA 2006
    Justin Timberlake “My Love” / “SexyBack” f/Timbaland
    Jack Black dressing room bit / takes the stage as a Moonman, is lit on fire, costume change, brings the Thunder: 
         lots of mistakes in the opening bit; introduces ... Montel Williams (oy)
    The Raconteurs f/ Lou Reed
    Jack Black introduces Lil Kim, and that’s where we came in.
  The Closer S2x05 “To Protect & to Serve”

0485
  Prison Break S2x03 “Scan”
  The Closer S2x13 “Overkill”
  Dead Like Me S1x14 “Rest In Peace”

0486
  Dead Like Me S1x10 “Business Unfinished”
  Dead Like Me S1x11 “The Bicycle Thief”
  Eureka S1x06 “Dr. Nobel”

Current Collection

X131
  Title 1: LSSC: Bernadette Peters – Lil Uzi Vert “The Way Life Goes”
  Title 2: CNN: President Trump’s State of the Union Address Jan. 30, 2018 + Democratic response and commentary
  Title 3: Full Frontal: U.S. Nuclear posture – GOP memo released – FBI corruption – Black Identity Extremists –
              Black History Month: Racist Road Show – Black History Month: John Robinson fought fascist incursions
              in Ethiopia – Donald Trump is pretty much bald
  Title 4: LSSC: Wanda Sykes plays Talk Show: The Game Show
  Title 5: LSSC: Thomas Hayden Church
  Title 6: LSSC: Elon Musk launches convertible into space with Star Man at the wheel playing “Space Oddity”
  Title 7: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Court ruling on same-sex cake baking is dumb: This week in Unnecessary Censorship
  Title 8: The Magicians S3x05 “A Life in the Day”
  Title 9: FX presents “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” (2013)
  Title 10: [empty title]

X132
  Title 1: FX presents “Interstellar” (2014)
  Title 2: FX presents “The Martian” (2015)

Ep. 25: This Show Needs a Doctor!

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 25th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,700 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "This Show Needs a Doctor!" I talk about "42," a third-season episode of "Doctor Who" I recalled not liking very much the first time around, and now I'm remembering why.

In my classic collection, I cataloged several episodes of "South Park," discovered follow-up episodes of "quarterlife" and "Terminal City," and explore a bit of methodology in identifying an episode of "Medium" I was having some trouble with. In my current collection, the season premieres of "The Magicians," "The Alienist," "American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace" and "Waco" tracked into view.

In What I've Been Watching, I'm reserving judgment on "Avengers: Infinity War" until the all but inevitable sequel, and I'm looking forward to the "Deadpool" sequel. I've been enjoying "Legion" on FX, and last weekend I dumped a bunch of movies from my DVR, including "Fantastic Four: The Silver Surfer" (2007), "Identity Thief" (2013,) "47 Ronin" (2013), "Inside Out" (2015), "Freaks" (1932), "Murder on a Honeymoon" (1935), "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968) and "Gaslight" (1944).

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