Ep. 46: Podcast by the NUMB3RS

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 46th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging now more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Podcast by the NUMB3RS," I put a shoulder into a third season episode of "NUMB3RS" and talk about it for my Friday Night Feature.

In Cross Connections, I trace connections from "NUMB3RS," "Fear Itself," "Boston Legal," "Happy!" "Grizzly Bear Stakeout" and "Polar Bear Family and Me."


In Crowdsourcing, I need some help with a "Shakespeare for Complete Idiots" sketch from MADtv featuring Josh Meyers. I'm looking for help identifying his co-star in that sketch in Crowdsourcing Exhibit F, with screencaps here.

In the VHS-to-DVD transfers I talk about for my Classic Collection, I found episodes of "Commander in Chief," "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," "Monty Python's Flying Circus," an altogether ooky frame from an M&Ms commercial with the M&Ms dressed as The Addams Family, and music videos by The All American Rejects, The Killers, Lady Sovereign, Paris Hilton and Fergie.

In my direct-to-DVD Current Collection, I bring in episodes of "BoJack Horseman," "Will & Grace," "Miracle Workers," "Grey's Anatomy," "Fosse Verdon," "Happy!" "Supernatural," "Halt and Catch Fire" and "The Polar Bear Family and Me." The fourth season finale of "The Magicians" was absolutely fantastic, including "Houses" by Great Northern, that song here. I caught the series premiere of "A Discovery of Witches" and I caught a couple of movies: Taraji P. Henson in "Hidden Figures" and Peter Sellers in "Being There."

Shoutouts to David Dean Bottrell's "Working Actor" and Voices of Deconversion's second anniversary -- congratulations! I got a correction, and in Upcoming Shows I'm looking forward to seeing "Avengers: Endgame," a local production of "Noises Off!" and series resumes of "Luther" and "Pose." Happy viewing!

VideoFuzzy

Catalog Post #046

Classic Collection

0659
  Close to Home S2x03 "Truly, Madly, Deeply"
  NUMB3RS S3x03 "Provenance"
  The All American Rejects "It Ends Tonight"
  Comedy Central presents Shakespeer for Complete Idiots, the great Romeo-Mercutio fistfight and 
   exchange of insults from "Romeo & Juliet"
  Paris Hilton "Nothing In This World"
  Dixie Chicks "Not Ready to Make Nice"
  Fergie "London Bridge"

0660
  Desperate Housewives S3x03 "A Weekend in the Country"
  Lady Sovereign "Love Me or Hate Me"
  Jet "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is"
  The Killers "When You Were Young"
  Heroes S1x03 "Chapter Three: One Giant Leap"
  Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip S1x04 "The West Coast Delay"

0661
  Doctor Who S4x09 "Forest of the Dead"
  Fear Itself S1x04 "In Sickness and in Health"

0662
  In Plain Sight S1x04 "Trojan Horst"
  Robin Hood S2x09 "Lardner's Ring"
  MPFC: High-speed "It's" • Opening credits • Llama • And now: A man with a tape recorder up his nose
      • The Office of Sir George Head, OBE: Recruiting for a mountaineering expedition • Double exposure •
      A man with a tape recorder up his brother's nose • Animations: Selling encyclopedias with a side piece
      • Paranoid barber • Lumberjack sketch • Animations: Letters of objection • Prof. Gumby on television • 
      Fawning intro • Ken Buddha and his Inflatable Knees • Animation: Ken Islam and Brucie • Hunting 
      Lodge • A Knight Redundant • A Quiet Evening at Home … Interrupted • Closing credits • Cuidado,
      Llamas!
  MPFC: Cold storage "It's" • Opening credits • Taking a walk-on role • Hold-up at the lingerie shop • 
      David Unction presents • It's A Tree • Animations: Writing desk impersonations, many curtains •
      Vocational Guidance Counselor • The Dangers of Chartered Accountancy • David Unction tosses
      some shade at a viking • Mr. Ron Obvious and his various feats • Pet shop negotiations • more
      shade • a gorilla interviews for librarian • Animation: Letters "Old Codgers" • Conducting affairs •
      Animation: Animals discuss comedy • Closing credits
  MPFC: The Montgolfier Brothers • Animation: The brothers have a wash • The Golden Age of Ballooning
      promo • Mrs. Montgolfier • Meeting Louis the XIV • commercial: M&Ms - Addams Family • Host of a talk 
      program about fiscal policy in an aside updates the disposition of the plans for the Montgolfier Brothers'
      hot air balloon

0663
  MPFC: The Court of George III • Meanwhile, Back in France • Closing credits • BBC Announcements •
      A Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Norwegian Party • Golden Age of Ballooning: Zeppelin •
      Tossing from airship • Onto a quiet night at home • So many important people in our drawing room
      • tracing tenuous connections • The Golden Age of Colonic Irrigation • Part 1: Ballooning
  MPFC: Opening credits • Closing credits • Department Store: Michael Ellis sequence
  MPFC: Up Your Pavement • Floating references • Flight banter 1944 • No wartime silliness • Wartime 
      silliness • wartime sexual peccadillos • It's • Opening credits • Watching Up Your Pavement • Proving
      the general public are idiots • airing motorways • television producers • Animation: reacting to military
      silliness • 1942 England afternoon tea and discussion of WORDS • more flight banter • channel
      surfing • Equestrian show jumping • World War II enters a sentimental stage • Closing credits
  The Middleman S1x03 "The Sino-Mexican Revelation"

0664
  Rescue Me Minisode "Breaking a Fast"
  Rescue Me Minisode "Weird Dreams"
  Commander in Chief S1x09 "The Mom Who Came to Dinner"
  Commander in Chief S1x10 "Sub Enchanted Evening"

0665
  Boston Legal S3x01 "Can't We All Get A Lung?"
  MPFC: Royal Philharmonic goes to the loo • Letters of objection • Animation: Acme Toilets • The World of
      History • Undertaker interruptions • Murder sketch • Highbrow football commentary • Murder sketch • 
      Animation: Undertakers, Catty women • Interesting People • Four tired undertakers • Graveside service
      • Animation: Naughty coffins • World of History Blue • Popular views of the Battle of Trafalgar • The
      Batley Townswomen's Guild Reenactment of the Battle of Pearl Harbor • Graveside service • Groovy
      Hearse • Prof. R. J. Canning • "It's" crossing a street • Closing credits
  MPFC: "It's" pinball in the woods • Opening credits • Bear attack at a railroad switch station • People
      jumping from windows • Animation: The Great Fred, Flowers, Nude silliness • Spectrum: What is Going
      On? • Switch station callback • Third Reich hiding out in a hotel and planning a comeback • Gauging
      public reactions • Spectrum callback • Reporting a burglary • 127th Upper Class Twit of the Year Show
      • Enlisted self destruction • Animation: Animalia • Ken Shabby goes a'courtin' • Soap opera recap •
      Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Wood Party • and reactions • "It's" pinball • Closing credits

0666
  The Shield S3x09 "Slipknot"
  The Shield S3x10 "What Power Is ... "
  The Shield S3x11 "Strays"
  South Park S3x02 "Spontaneous Combustion"

0667
  South Park S4x08 "Something You Can Do With Your Finger"
  South Park S2x18 "Prehistoric Ice Man"
  South Park S7x07 "Red Man's Greed"
  South Park S11x13 "Guitar Queer-o"
  South Park S2x08 "Summer Sucks"

0668
  The Simpsons S10x21 "Monty Can't Buy Me Love"
  The Simpsons S10x22 "They Saved Lisa's Brain"
  The Simpsons S10x23 "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"

Current Collection

X227
  Title 1: BBC America "Great Bear Stakeout" S1x02
  Title 2: BoJack Horseman S2x01 "Brand New Couch"
  Title 3: BoJack Horseman S2x02 "Yesterdayland"
  Title 4: Full Frontal S4x07 "Unplanned" + ridiculous abortion restrictions • battling anti-vax idiocy with 
            teen rebellious storylines on "Riverdale" • Lucas Bros. look at white supremacists' fascination 
            with Greek and Roman history • anti-CNN idiot
  Title 5: Freeform presents "Magic Mike" (2012)
  Title 6: commercial: TicTac watermelon-flavored gum
  Title 7: commercial: Payday bar regular and king size
  Title 8: commercial: Progressive "Maid For Us"
  Title 9: Freeform presents "Storks" (2016)
  Title 10: Happy! S2x02 "Tallahassee"

X228
  Title 1: Brockmire S3x01 "Clubhouse Cancer"
  Title 2: FX presents "Hidden Figures" (2016)
  Title 3: Superstore S4x13 "Lovebirds"
  Title 4: Superstore S4x14 "Minor Crimes"
  Title 5: Freeform presents "Moana" (2016)
  Title 6: Grey's Anatomy S15x19 "Silent All These Years"
  Title 7: Parks & Rec S2x05 "Sister City"

X229
  Title 1: The Polar Bear Family and Me S1x01 "Spring" 
  Title 2: The Polar Bear Family and Me S1x02 "Summer"
  Title 3: Will & Grace S10x17 "The Things We Do For Love"
  Title 4: Will & Grace S10x18 "Jack's Big Gay Wedding"
  Title 5: The Polar Bear Family and Me S1x03 "Autumn"
  Title 6: How The Universe Works S7x10 "Cassini's Final Secrets"
  Title 7: Supernatural S14x17 "Game Night"
  Title 8: The Magicians S4x10 "All That Hard, Glossy Armor"
  Title 9: The Magicians S4x11 "The 4-1-1"
  Title 10: Parks & Rec S2x06 "Kaboom"

X230
  Title 1: Bob's Burgers S9x19 "Long Time Listener, First Time Bob"
  Title 2: TCM presents "Murder She Said" (1961) [450 from Paddington; What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw]
  Title 3: TCM presents "Professional Sweetheart" (1933) [part 1]
  Title 4: TCM presents "Professional Sweetheart" (1933) [part 2]
  Title 5: A Discovery of Witches S1x01 "Episode 1"
  Title 6: Fosse Verdon S1x01 "Life is a Cabaret"
  Title 7: Superstore S4x15 "Salary"
  Title 8: Brockmire S3x02 "Player to be Named Later"
  Title 9: Happy!  S2x03 "Some Girls Need a Lot of Repenting" [part 1]

X231
  Title 1: Happy!  S2x03 "Some Girls Need a Lot of Repenting" [part 2]
  Title 2: BoJack Horseman S2x03 "Still Broken"
  Title 3: BoJack Horseman S2x04 "After the Party"
  Title 4: Full Frontal S4x08 Shakeup at Homeland Security • The Conways • The Muslim Ban
  Title 5: Halt and Catch Fire S4x01 "And So It Goes"
  Title 6: Halt and Catch Fire S4x02 "Signal to Noise"
  Title 7: Halt and Catch Fire S4x03 "Miscellaneous"
  Title 8: TCM presents "Being There" (1979)

X232

  Title 1: Supernatural S14x18 "Absence"
  Title 2: The Magicians S4x12 "The Secret Sea"
  Title 3: PBS presents "Druid Shakespeare: Celebrating 40 Years" (2015)
  Title 4: Superstore S4x16 "Easter"
  Title 5: Happy! S2x04 "Blitzkrieg!"
  Title 6: Fosse Verdon S1x02 "Who's Got the Pain?"
  Title 7: Brockmire S3x03 "The Yips"
  Title 8: Supernatural S14x19 "Jack in the Box"
  Title 9: The Magicians S4x13 "The Seam"

Crowdsourcing: Exhibit F

This sketch showed up on disc 659 - "Romeo and Mercutio - Shakespeare for Complete Idiots." It's from an episode of MadTV rebroadcast on Comedy Central, and features Josh Meyer. I couldn't recognize the other actor, tho, so any help would be appreciated -- thanks!

Ep. 45: Death and the Podcast

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 45th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,700 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Death and the Podcast," I encounter one of my very favorite movies, the IFC presentation of "Death and the Maiden" (1994) on disc 653, and talk about it for my Friday Night Feature.

In the VHS-to-DVD transfers I talk about for my Classic Collection, I found episodes of "Fear Itself," "MI-5," "Doctor Who," "South Park," and "Monty Python's Flying Circus."

In Cross Connections I found, I celebrate dynamic performances of widely variant characters by Missi Pyle in episodes of "Boston Legal" and "In Plain Sight." Also of note: The new season of "Brockmire" will feature Richard Kind, J.K. Simmons, Martha Plimpton and Linda Lavin. Also, I track a possible sighting of Evan Peters in "The Inside," along with an actual sighting of Garret Dillahunt.

In my direct-to-DVD Current Collection, I encounter the second season of "Good Behavior," four Shatterbox productions, employee chat banter in "Superstore," President Trump banter in "Full Frontal," BBC America's "The Great Bear Stakeout," the "Deadly Class" finale, and the second season premiere of "Happy!"

In What I've Been Watching, "Captain Marvel" was amazing. I won't likely be watching "Shazam," but I'm definitely looking forward to "Avengers: Endgame." Also, we took in the University of Mary stage production of "The 39 Steps" at the Belle Mehus in downtown Bismarck, which was absolutely fantastic.

In Upcoming Shows, I'm looking forward to the new season of "Brockmire" on IFC, and the series premiere of "A Discovery of Witches."

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