Ep. 41: Wire in the Podcast

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 41th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,700 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Wire in the Podcast," I get into the 600s in my classic collection, and throw out a request for help in my Crowdsourcing segment Exhibit E, a two-minute comic sketch presenting three young women in medieval times. I've included a few screen caps in my blog. You can check them out by clicking here.

In my Friday Night Feature, I talk about a third-season episode of the BBC production "Wire in the Blood," detailing my past interest in crime dramas featuring profilers, and the relative weaknesses in evidence in this particular production, found on discs 600 and 601 in my classic collection.

In my Classic VHS-to-DVD collection, I react to the series finale of "Terminal City," as well as episodes from "The Simpsons" featuring Joan Rivers and Glenn Close, noting Rivers' contribution to the nearby archive copy of a Comedy Central presentation of "Spaceballs" on disc 585, also found on disc X191 as presented by IFC in my current collection. The Glenn Close episode is dedicated to the memory of Elsie Castellaneta and features an extended couch gag tracing all of evolution. Other shows highlighted include "Boston Legal" and "My Name is Earl."

In my Current direct-to-DVD collection, I discuss episodes of "The Good Place," "Superstore," "Doctor Who" and "Sherlock," and I respond to a piece of listener feedback I received. Enjoy!

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Crowdsourcing: Exhibit E

In a two-minute scrap of what looks like British sketch comedy I found on disc 599 in my classic collection, three women present young medieval characters. The only names I caught were Guinevere and Morgana, and they reference a friend of theirs, Juliet, whom Guinevere said is just so stuck up and full of herself she wishes she'd just throw herself off that balcony already.

Guinevere admires Morgana's tall pointy hat with the stocking trailing from it, and she says "Oh, do you like it? It's my damsel in distress look. Check this out: 'Help! Help!' Isn't it great?" She got it at "Ye Olde Spotsy Girle."

Guinevere asks "What do you think about Madonna?" and pulls out an icon featuring Mary and Jesus. The other, heavier-set young woman is into music. She's got a lute and is planning to go to the Chaucer concert, drawbridge up at 9 p.m. There's a poster on the wall advertising "Prince."

Immediately before this sketch was a second or so of one set in a garret bedroom where one of the blonde actors in floofy pink pajamas sits on one bed with a set of bongos while the other two face her, sitting on the other bed. I grabbed two pics from that, below.

Adding a bit more by way of context, this sketch was recorded after the "Grey's Anatomy" fourth season finale in May of 2008 on ABC and the SciFi rebroadcast of Steven Moffat's "Doctor Who" episode "The Girl in the Fireplace," which of necessity aired sometime after October of 2006.

Everything I recorded was from DVR at that point and reruns abound so the sketch could've been produced any time since the advent of color television, but the Madonna and Prince references would seem to narrow it to the mid-1980s at the earliest.

If any of this sounds familiar or if you recognize any of these scenes or actors, I'd appreciate the help. Please contact me at tjaman1970@yahoo.com. Thanks!

Catalog Post #041

Classic Collection

0583
  MI-5 S3x09 "Frequently Asked Questions"
  My Name is Earl S3x19 "Love Octagon"

0584
  Reaper S1x16 "Greg, Schmeg"
  The Simpsons S10x10 "Viva Ned Flanders"
  Samantha Who? S1x14 "The Affair"
  TDS: Indecision 2008: Obama wins DNC • Sen. John McCain

0585
  Comedy Central presents "Spaceballs" (1987)
  LOST S4x11 "Cabin Fever"

0586
  Doctor Who S4x03 "Planet of the Ood"
  Battlestar Galactica S4x06 "Faith"
  My Name is Earl S3x20 "Girl Earl"
  Grey's Anatomy S4x14 "The Becoming"

0587
  Terminal City S1x10 "Episode 10"
  The Sarah Jane Adventures S1x06 "Warriors of Kudlak - Part 2"
  The Sarah Jane Adventures S1x07 "Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? - Part 1"
  The Simpsons S10x11 "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken"
  - Springfield song number: "What's the Matter with Kids Today?"

0588
  Robin Hood S2x03 "Childhood"
  The 4400 S2x05 "As Fate Would Have It"
  Desperate Housewives S4x15 "Mother Said"

0589
  Brothers & Sisters S2x16 "Prior Commitments"
  The Simpsons S19x03 "Midnight Towboy"
  The Simpsons S10x12 "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday"
  The Simpsons S19x19 "Mona Leaves-A"
  - Evolution couch gag - dedicated to Elsie Castellaneta - voiced by Glenn Close

0590
  Bones S3x14 "The Wannabe in the Woods"
  Boston Legal S4x19 "The Gods Must Be Crazy"
  South Park S2x06 "The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka"
  Battlestar Galactica S4x07 "Guess What's Coming to Dinner"

0591
  Doctor Who S4x04 "The Sontaran Stratagem"
  SciFi presents "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981)

0592
  SciFi presents "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984)

0593
  SciFi presents "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989)

0594
  Samantha Who? S1x15 "The Birthday"
  The Sarah Jane Adventures S1x08 "Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? - Part 2"
  The Sarah Jane Adventures S1x09 "The Lost Boy - Part 1"

0595
  Grey's Anatomy S4x15 "Losing My Mind"
  Bones S3x15 "The Pain in the Heart"
  LOST S4x12 "There's No Place Like Home - Part 1"

0596
  Desperate Housewives S4x16 "The Gun Song"
  Desperate Housewives S4x17 "Free"
  Medium S4x16 "Drowned World"

0597
  Ugly Betty S2x16 "Betty's Baby Bump"
  Ugly Betty S2x17 "The Kids are Alright"
  The Simpsons S10x15 "Marge Simpson in 'Screaming Yellow Honkers'"

0598
  MI-5 S3x10 "The Suffering of Strangers"
  Robin Hood S2x04 "The Angel of Death"
  Boston Legal S4x20 "Patriot Acts"

0599
  Ugly Betty S2x18 "Jump"
   f/ Madonna "Jump"
  Grey's Anatomy S4x16 "Freedom: Part 1"
  Grey's Anatomy S4x17 "Freedom: Part 2"
  [crowdsourcing: slumber party / medieval women's sketch]
  Doctor Who S2x04 "The Girl in the Fireplace"

0600
  MI-5 S4x01 "The Special - Part 1"
  Wire in the Blood S4x03 "Hole in the Heart"

Current Collection

X206
  Title 1: The Magicians S1x12 "39 Graves"
  Title 2: We Bare Bears S4x20 "Escandalosos"
  Title 3: We Bare Bears S4x21 "Pizza Band"
           We Bare Bears S4x22 "Adopted"
           We Bare Bears S4x23 "Wingmen"
  Title 4: We Bare Bears S4x24 "Braces"
  Title 5: We Bare Bears S4x26 "Imaginary Friend"
  Title 6: BoJack Horseman S2x00 "Special: Sabrina's Christmas Wish"
  Title 7: Full Frontal  S3x31 Christmas on I.C.E.
  Title 8: Doctor Who S11x07 "Kerblam!"
  Title 9: Doctor Who S12x00 "Resolutions"
  Title 10: Surviving R. Kelly Ep. 1 "The Pied Piper of R&B"
  Title 11: Surviving R. Kelly Ep. 2 "Hiding in Plain Sight"

X207
  Title 1: Surviving R. Kelly Ep. 3 "Sex Tape Scandal"
  Title 2: Surviving R. Kelly Ep. 4 "The People vs. R. Kelly"
  Title 3: Bob's Burgers S9x11 "Lorenzo's Oil? No, Linda's"
  Title 4: Sherlock  S1x01 "A Study in Pink"
  Title 5: Sherlock  S1x02 "The Blind Banker"
  Title 6: Sherlock  S1x03 "The Great Game" [part 1]
  Title 7: Sherlock  S1x03 "The Great Game" [part 2]

Ep. 40: Familiar Arguments

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 40th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,700 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Familiar Arguments," Ralph and I took in a comedy show in New Town with Gabriel Iglesias, better known as Fluffy. We spent Christmas Eve driving around town looking at Christmas lights, a tradition I'm coming to enjoy.

For my Friday Night Feature, I talked about a fourth season episode of "Boston Legal" from April 2008 which explored the relative merits of then primary candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and the validity of the primary process for both parties. Also, they took on cloned beef and the FDA.

In my Classic Collection, I encounter "Mayored to the Mob" a 10th season episode of "The Simpsons" featuring Mark Hamill and which introduced the "Yes Guy." Also, some decent episodes of "Samantha Who?" "Reaper" and "MI-5," and the first season finale of Showtimes's "Dexter" as rebroadcast on CBS.

In my Current Collection, I grabbed three more season 1 episodes of "The Magicians" on SyFy -- but not before missing the first SEVEN of them [grumble, grouse]. Netflix series "BoJack Horseman" as rebroadcast on Comedy Central is darkly compelling, "A Million Little Things" is getting a little hamfisted with the drama, but "Doctor Who" had a fantastic season finale and "The Good Place," well ... that show continues to amaze.

In What I've Been Watching, Ralph and I took in "Mary Poppins Returns" and "Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse." Both are excellent, go see them and I'll just mention -- stay through the credits on Spidey; it's worth it. ;) And in that this is my 40th episode, I've included stats in Crunching Some Numbers.

Finally, this past weekend I put together the second-ever installment of "VideoFuzzy: The Video! Ep. 2: Pics, News and Weather." It includes the most complete look I've found my VHS collection as of 2007, a bit of background and what's been going on with me. Click here to check it out, and have a fantastic 2019!

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