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

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 "Piñata"
  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"

Ep. 34: Everything is Fine

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 34th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,700 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Everything is Fine," I continue working through weirdnesses in my music collection, and my Friday Night Feature welcomes the first appearance of "Arrested Development" episodes in my catalog.

In my classic VHS-to-DVD collection, I talked about Dana Delany and her curious collection of printed material regarding humanoid Cylons on "Battlestar Galactica."

Heading into my current direct-to-DVD recordings, I caught a few movies including "Sausage Party" and "The Book of Life" on FX and "The Fifth Estate" on TNT, which I wasn't nearly so enthusiatic about as the film was for its subject, Julian Assange and the establishment of Wikileaks. "Preacher" closed out its third season, "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" was a hoot, and as of this past week I've nearly finished watching Season 13 of "Supernatural," just in time for the 14th season premiere, set for next month.

Nerd shows this week included the Science Channel presentation of The Lost Gospels, which generally were not "lost" so much as they were rejected and suppressed as heretical, as well as discussions on the internal structure of the sun and nuclear fusion from several different sources, including "How the Universe Works" on the Science Channel, The "In Our Time: Science" podcast put together by BBC Radio 4, and "The Most Wanted Particle" by Jon Butterworth, physicist and ATLAS project lead at CERN.

Finally, in what I've been watching, I plowed through the first season disc set for "The Good Place" over Labor Day weekend, and am very much looking forward to watching the second season disc set ahead of the third season, premiering later this month on NBC.

VideoFuzzy

Catalog Post #034

Classic Collection

0533
  South Park S6x11 “Child Abduction is not Funny”’
  Beyond Theology S1x08 “Spirituality & Religion”
  Battlestar Galactica S2x09 “Flight of the Phoenix”

0534
  Battlestar Galactica S2x10 “Pegasus”
  Battlestar Galactica S2x11 “Resurrection Ship: Part 1”
  Battlestar Galactica S2x13 “Epiphanies”

0535
  Battlestar Galactica S2x14 “Black Market”
  Battlestar Galactica S2x15 “Scar”
  Battlestar Galactica S2x16 “Sacrifice”

0536
  Battlestar Galactica S2x17 “The Captain’s Hand”
  Dexter S1x08 “Shrink Wrap”
  Battlestar Galactica S2x18 “Downloaded”

0537
  The Simpsons S17x09 “Simpsons Christmas Stories”
  Family Guy S4x18 “The Father, the Son and the Holy Fonz”
  Arrested Development S3x08 “Making a Stand”
  Arrested Development S2x12 “Hand to God”
  Arrested Development S3x09 “S.O.B.s”
  Arrested Development S2x10 “Ready, Aim, Marry Me”

Current Collection

X178
  Title 1: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency S2x08 “Little Guy, Black Hair”
  Title 2: Preacher  S3x09 “Schwanzkopf”
  Title 3: commercial: Cramer voted against sanctuary cities
  Title 4: Better Call Saul S4x03 “Something Beautiful”
  Title 5: The Sinner S2x04 “Part IV”
  Title 6: Trial & Error S2x09 “Chapter 9: A Big Break”
  Title 7: Trial & Error S2x10 “Barcelona”
  Title 8: commercial: SMP: anti-Cramer: Work as Public Service Commissioner questioned
  Title 9: Full Frontal S3x20 A Look Back at the #metoo Movement
  Title 10: FX presents “The Book of Life” (2014)

X179
  Title 1: BBC America presents “Dune” (1984)
  Title 2: Sundance presents “The Jerk” (1979)
  Title 3: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency S2x09 “Trouble is Bad”

X180
  Title 1: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency S2x10 “Nice Jacket”
  Titles 2 & 3: Science Channel presents “The Lost Gospels” (2009) [parts 1 & 2]
  Title 4: How the Universe Works S3x01 “Journey from the Center of the Sun”
  Title 5: How the Universe Works S6x05 “Uranus & Neptune: Rise of the Ice Giants”
  Title 6: Preacher  S3x10 “The Light Above”
  Title 7: Better Call Saul S4x04 “Talk”
  Title 8: The Sinner S2x05 “Part V”
  Title 9: Supernatural S13x19 “Funeralia”

X181
  Title 1: FX presents “Sausage Party” (2016)
  Title 2: promo: American Horror Story: Apocalypse
  Title 3 TNT presents “Insurgent” (2015)
  Title 4: commercial: pro-Heitkamp: Mantador
  Title 5: commercial: anti-Cramer: pre-existing conditions
  Title 6: TNT presents “The Fifth Estate”

X182
  Title 1: AHS Cult  S7x09 “Drink the Kool-Aid”
  Title 2: commercial: NRSC anti-Heitkamp anti-abortion ad
  Title 3: LSSC: Colbert sports new beard • Bob Woodward’s “Fear” • Kavanaugh hearing • Twitter poll
               on the beard • Trump takes on Jeff Sessions • John Krasinski • Bob Woodward’s “Fear” •
               New York Times Op-Ed • Beard Twitter poll results • Kavanaugh hearing • Rob Lowe • 
               John Kerry
  Title 4: commercial: Cramer daughters anti-Heitkamp ad: anti-abortion
          commercial: Gronk sells Tide pods
          commercial: Cramer anti-PSC ad
          commercial: Ted Danson in Smirnoff ad with Laverne Cox
          commercial: Ted Danson in Smirnoff ad with Nicole Byer
          commercial: promo: Jim Carrey in “Kidding”
  Title 5: Better Call Saul S4x05 “Quite a Ride”
  Title 6: commercial: Truvada
  Title 7: KXNews: Police request $25,740 to place AR-15s in schools
  Title 8: KXNews: Fargo seeks reimbursement for President Trump’s visit
  Title 9: LSSC: Anonymous op-ed focus in on “lodestar” • WH leaks • Kavanaugh hearing: Sen. Cory
                Booker takes a stand • Burt Reynolds dies • WH Leaker exclusive • Emma Thompson •
                Troye Sivan "Plum"
  Title 10: commercial: MF anti-Cramer ad: health insurance
  Title 11: The Sinner S2x06 “Part VI”
  Title 12: TNT presents "Stand Up to Cancer 2018"
  Title 13: KXNews: President Trump visits Fargo for Cramer fundraiser

Ep. 33: Reporting Alternative Facts

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 33rd episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,700 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Reporting Alternative Facts," my Friday Night Feature looks at tabloid journalism aboard the "Battlestar Galactica" and traces one or two reference points to stuff going on today.

In my classic VHS-to-DVD collection, I explored "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone's take on the 2008 writers' strike in "Canada on Strike," pulling in some comments from "Commentary!" the musical backstory released as part of "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog." I also talk about some stuff that's been going on with my music library, which has taken some attention away from this project in recent weeks, as well as some news that led me to strip any potentially copyrighted images out of my Facebook page.

Heading into my current direct-to-DVD recordings, I talked about significantly stepped-up storylines in "Preacher" and "Better Call Saul" and the season finales of "Claws" and "Trial & Error." "The Sinner" got a bit dark, "We Bare Bears" closed out a lackluster season, I'm nearly down to the series finale on "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," I made some progress on my "Supernatural" season 13 backlog (I caught up to the "Scoobynatural" episode) and enjoyed the most wonderful cast parody spoof of "Ghostbusters" by Hillywood here.

I watched a few NERD SHOWS science updates in "How the Universe Works" and "Space's Deepest Secrets," exploring the Juno mission to Jupiter, the Cassini mission to Saturn, the history of the solar system, monster stars, quasars, black holes and the Big Bang. I also encountered a quite remarkable artist recently, Tim Blais, who crafts frankly brilliant science-themed music parodies and original pieces you can discover for yourself here, which are also available on iTunes.

And I had to ding "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert for throwing Omarosa's book "Unhinged" into the bargain bin -- the 30 percent off initial release is a marketing strategy, not any kind of reflection of sales, and he knows this. Upon its release, "Unhinged" topped the New York Times bestseller list. It's doing just fine.

Finally, Spotify has added VideoFuzzy! But weirdly enough, right now it is only searchable under my name, so you can search for that under Terry J. Aman. Enjoy!

VideoFuzzy