Ep. 56: Embrace the Deception

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 56th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Embrace the Deception," I feature the series premiere of FOX's thought-provoking if wackadoo series "Fringe."

In Cross Connections, I pull up "Studio Six Feet Under" connections from "Fringe" and the many guest stars I encountered closing out the final three seasons of "Psych."

As of Oct. 23, 2019, I had completely cleared out my DVR!

In my Classic VHS-to-DVD Collection, I found a copy of where a North Dakota family in need got some help from the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" team. I also found episodes of "True Blood," a copy of "Becket" off Turner Classic Movies, and the second season premiere of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles."

In my direct-to-DVD Current Collection, as well as a disc set and some video streaming, I closed out my Dark Ages episodes of "Psych" from the sixth through the eighth season, including "Psych: The Musical," which I had to purchase separately -- totally worth it. Also, comments on "Superstore," "Supernatural," "American Horror Story 1984," "Cake" and "The Good Place," plus it would appear that I did, however briefly, manage to clear out my DVR, so ... whoohoo!

VideoFuzzy

Catalog Post #056

Classic Collection

0761
  Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity (2007)
  Primeval S1x05 "Episode #1.5"
  HBO presents "True Blood-Lines: A New Type" (2008)
  The Simpsons S12x02 "A Tale of Two Springfields"

0762
  TCM presents "Becket" (1964)

0763
  True Blood S1x01 "Strange Love"
  Mad Men S2x07 "The Gold Violin"
  The Closer S4x09 "Tijuana Brass"

0764
  Prison Break S4x03 "Shut Down"
  NUMB3RS S3x04 "The Mole"

0765
  LNDL: Neil Patrick Harris
  LNDL: Diddy "Come to Me"
  The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Michael Caine
  Weird Al Yankovic "White and Nerdy"
  Extreme Makeover Home Edition "Bliven Family, Minot, ND"
  Desperate Housewives S3x04 "Like It Was"

0766
  Heroes S1x04 "Collision"
  Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip S1x05 "The Long Lead Story"
  TDS: Jack Abramoff • Harry Reid land transfer
  Six Feet Under S1x05 "An Open Book"

0767
  Six Feet Under S1x06 "The Room"
  Fringe S1x01 "Pilot"

0768
  Skins S1x05 "Sid"
  Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles S2x01 "Samson & Delilah"

0769
  The Shield S7x02 "Snitch"
  Bones S4x02 "The Man in the Outhouse"

0770
  Eddie Izzard "Circle" June 26, 2000 New York City (2002)
  Sons of Anarchy S1x02 "Seeds"
  South Park S4x16 "The Wacky Molestation Episode"

0771
  Alias S5x13 "30 Seconds"
  LOST S2x20 "Two for the Road"

Current Collection

X286
  Title 1: Superstore S5x03 "Forced Hire"
  Title 2: Supernatural S15x01 "Back and To the Future"
  Title 3: The Good Place S4x03 "Chillaxing"
  Title 4: AHS 1984 S9x04 "True Killers"
  Title 5: LSSC: Democratic debate • Impeachment • John Oliver • Amy Sedaris • 
            Big Thief "Not"
  Title 6: Psych S6x14 "Autopsy Turvy"
  Title 7: Bob's Burgers S10x03 "Motor, She Boat"
  Title 8: Cake S1x03 "Self Care"
  Title 9: Psych S6x15 "True Grits"
  Title 10: Psych S6x16 "Santabarbaratown"
  Title 11: Cake S1x04 "Headspace"

X287
  Title 1: AHS 1984 S9x05 "Red Dawn"
  Title 2: Psych S8x03 "Remake A.K.A. Cloudy ... With a Chance of Improvement"
  Title 3: Psych S8x04 "Someone's Got a Woody"
  Title 4: Psych S8x05 "Cog Blocked"
  Title 5: Psych S8x06 "1967: A Psych Odyssey"
  Title 6: Psych S8x07 "Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up"
  Title 7: Psych S8x08 "A Touch of Sweevil"
  Title 8: Psych S8x10 "The Break-Up"
  Title 9: Superstore S5x04 "Mall Closing"

Ep. 55: The Art of Failure

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 55th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "The Art of Failure," I feature the series premiere of Kurt Sutter's FX biker drama "Sons of Anarchy," which I thought got the show off to a good start.

In Cross Connections, I pull up "Studio Six Feet Under" connections from a realization that Ally Walker was the actor I misremembered in the third season of "Sons of Anarchy," and ties tracing through my collection from her '90s crime drama "Profiler." Also, I trace connections through HBO documentary "The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not For Sale." And in Old Business, I explore the inclusion of a scene from the pilot episode of Kurt Sutter's FX crime drama "The Shield" in an episode of the third season of Noah Hawley's mindbending production of "Legion."

In my Classic VHS-to-DVD Collection, I rave about an HBO documentary that turned up in my collection called "The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not For Sale." Also, scenes from the 2008 GOP convention, compared and contrasted with sixth season episodes that turned up of "The West Wing," episodes of "Medium," "Will & Grace," "Dead Like Me," "Monk," "My Name is Earl," "Boston Legal," "The Office," "30 Rock," "Criminal Minds," and the fun 2002 blaxploitation film "Undercover Brother."

In my direct-to-DVD Current Collection, comments on movies I archived including "Rough Night" and the Burton/Schumacher "Batman" franchise, then the CW productions of "Batwoman" and "Nancy Drew" (pass); some discussion of the series finale of "Preacher," season premieres of "Superstore" and "The Good Place," the Syfy miniseries "Channel Zero: Candle Cove," "AHS: 1984" on FX, and the 15th season premiere of "Supernatural." I pass on "Perfect Harmony" and "Bless the Harts," with comments on the third season of "BoJack Horseman," the 10th season premiere of "Bob's Burgers," the FXX premiere of "Cake" and sixth season episodes of "Psych."

VideoFuzzy

Catalog Post #055

Classic Collection

0743
  Prison Break S1x21 "Go"
  24 S5x21 "Day 5: 3 a.m.-4 a.m."

0744
  Medium S2x21 "Death Takes a Policy"
  Boston Legal S2x25 "Squid Pro Quo"
  Bones S1x21 "The Soldier on the Grave"

0745
  LOST S2x21 "?"
  Will & Grace S8x22 "Whatever Happened to Baby Gin?" [f/Bernadette Peters]
  My Name is Earl S1x24 "Number One"

0746
  The Office S2x22 "Casino Night"
  Medium S2x04 "Light Sleeper"
  Medium S2x05 "Sweet Dreams" [f/Emma Stone]

0747
  Medium S2x10 "The Reckoning"
  Medium S1x11 "I Married a Mind Reader"
  TDS: Jon Stewart on birthdays, like Christ, can't stop talking about it • Macy's T-Day Parade accident •
     Black Friday tramplings, 2005 • Saddam Hussein trial • Colbert family recreates Thanksgiving 1675
  TCR: Christmas originalism • The WØRD: Belly-Achin' • Un-American News • Harry Smith, CBS Early 
     Show • Papa Bear calling out fake Christmas letters • Photo stamps

0748
  Medium S2x11 "Method to his Madness"
  Medium S2x12 "Doctor's Orders" [f/Mark A. Shepherd]

0749
  Medium S2x03 "Time Out of Mind"
  Six Feet Under S1x06 "The Room"
  Jojo "Too Little Too Late"
  TDS: Frank Rich "The Greatest Story Ever Sold"
  Dead Like Me S2x12 "Forget Me Not"

0750
  Dead Like Me S2x13 "Last Call"
  Veronica Mars S3x03 "Wichita Linebacker"
  Boston Legal S3x05 "Whose God Is It Anyway?"

0751
  Nip/Tuck S4x07 "Burt Landau"
  30 Rock S1x02 "The Aftermath"
  Criminal Minds S2x05 "Aftermath"

0752
  The Nine S1x03 "What's Your Emergency?"
  The Shield S7x01 "Coefficient of Drag"
  TDS: RNC 2008 coverage • Brian Williams
  TCR: RNC 2008 reaction • The WØRD: That's the Ticket • John McCain Green Screen Challenge • 
         Laura D'Andrea Tyson
  South Park S3x05 "Tweek vs. Craig"

0753
  Evolve S1x06 "Flight"
  Bones S4x01 "The Yanks in the U.K." Parts 1 & 2

0754
  South Park S10x09 "The Mystery of the Urinal Deuce"
  TDS: RNC 2008 coverage • MSP men's room • Dubya • Rove • Palin • Dick Morris • sexism in 
       presidential campaigns • Newt Gingrich
  TCR: RNC 2008 reaction • Hurricane Gustav • Lieberman • Susan Eisenhower • John McCain: Her Story
       • Doris Kearnes Goodwin
  Sons of Anarchy S1x01 "Pilot"

0755
  RNC 2008: Sarah Palin accepts nomination to serve as Vice President of the United States
  RNC 2008: John McCain joins Sarah Palin and the Palin family on stage
  RNC 2008: Video highlighting 9/11 Attacks
  RNC 2008: Sarah Palin video
  TDS: RNC 2008 coverage • Rudy Giuliani • Sarah Palin • Mike Huckabee
  TCR: RNC 2008 reaction • Mike Huckabee • Rudy Giuliani • Sarah Palin • blogger Adam Brickley • 
       Ron Paul
  RNC 2008: Cindy Lou Hensley + John McCain video • Cindy McCain address

0756
  RNC 2008: John McCain video
  RNC 2008: John McCain accepts nomination to serve as President of the United States
  RNC 2008: Palins join McCains on stage • balloon drop
  The West Wing S6x19 "Ninety Miles Away"

0757
  The West Wing S6x20 "In God We Trust"
  The West Wing S6x21 "Things Fall Apart"
  The West Wing S6x22 "2162 Votes"

0758
  TDS: RNC 2008 coverage • John McCain • Dubya • John McCain video
  Monk S7x07 "Mr. Monk's 100th Case"
  TCR: RNC 2008 reaction • John McCain • Rep. Westmoreland • Gov. David Paterson

0759
  John Oliver: Terrifying Times – April 20, 2008
  Psych S3x07 "Talk Derby to Me"

0760
  Comedy Central presents "Undercover Brother" (2002)
  HBO presents "The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale" (2008)
  Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity (2007)

Current Collection

X277
  Titles 1 & 2: Freeform presents "Lilo & Stitch" (2002) [parts 1 & 2]
  Title 3: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries presents "Crossword Mysteries: A Puzzle to Die For" (2019)
  Titles 4 & 5: FX presents "Rough Night" (2017) [parts 1 & 2]
  Title 6: LSSC: Elizabeth Warren
  Title 7: LSSC: Billy Crystal

X278
  Title 1: Full Frontal S4x22 Kavanaugh allegations • Politicizing climate change • Founding Fathers 
                              were not gods • Shawn Spicer on Dancing with the Stars
  Title 2: We Bare Bears S4x34 "Ranger Norm"
  Title 3: We Bare Bears S4x35 "Schmorby"
  Title 4: We Bare Bears S4x36 "Baby Snakes"
  Title 5: We Bare Bears S4x37 "Sandcastle"
  Title 6: We Bare Bears S4x38 "Bros in the City"
  Title 7: We Bare Bears S4x39 "Cousin Jon"
  Title 8: We Bare Bears S4x40 "Lord of the Poppies"
  Title 9: We Bare Bears S4x41 "The Mummy's Curse"
  Title 10: FXM presents "Don't Breathe" (2016)
  Title 11: FX presents "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" (2014)
  Titles 12 & 13: BoJack Horseman S3x11 "That's Too Much, Man!" [part 1 & 2]
  Title 14: BoJack Horseman S3x12 "That Went Well"

X279
  Title 1: Superstore S5x01 "Cloud 9.0"
  Title 2: The Good Place S4x01 "A Girl from Arizona, Part 1"
  Title 3: Preacher S4x08 "Fear of the Lord"
  Title 4: Full Frontal S4x23 House opens impeachment inquiries • Greta Thunberg • UK Boris Johnson issues
  Title 5: AHS 1984 S9x01 "Camp Redwood"
  Title 6: AHS 1984 S9x02 "Mr. Jingles"
  Title 7: We Bare Bears S4x42 "Band of Outsiders"
  Title 8: We Bare Bears S4x43 "Tabes & Charlie"
  Title 9: We Bare Bears S4x44 "Panda's Birthday"
  Titles 10 & 11: Preacher S4x09 "Overture" [parts 1 & 2]
  Title 12: LSSC: House opens impeachment inquiries • House releases whistleblower complaint
            0:21:00 Guys & Dolls "Fugue for Tinhorns" parody
            LSSC: Bernie Sanders
  Title 13: Pearson S1x10 "The Fixer"

X280
  Title 1: FXM presents "Fatso" (1980)
  Title 2: IFC presents "Batman" (1989)
  Title 3: IFC presents "Batman Returns" (1992)
  Title 4: commercial: Hanes comfort briefs, the musical
           commercial: Stitch Fix - John's first first date
           promo: Traveling the Stars: Action Bronson and Friends Watch Ancient Aliens
           commercial: The RealReal
           commercial: Fanatics.com Hometown Collection
  Title 5: CakeS1x01 "Cache Flow"

X281
  Title 1: IFC presents "Batman Forever" (1995)
  Title 2: IFC presents "Batman and Robin" (1997)
  Title 3: promo: IFC Star Trek marathon
  Title 4: FX presents "Atomic Blonde" (2017)

X282
  Title 1: Paramount presents "John Wick: Chapter 2" (2017)
  Title 2: FX presents "Project Almanac" (2015)
  Title 3: IFC presents "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" (2013)

X283
  Title 1: Bob's Burgers S10x01 "The Ring (But Not Scary)"
  Title 2: Preacher S4x10 "End of the World"
  Title 3: Robot Chicken S10x01 "Ginger Hill in: Bursting Pipes"
  Title 4: Robot Chicken S10x02 "Bugs Keith in: I Can't Call Heaven, Doug"
  Title 5: LSSC: Impeachment developments: Trump vs. whistleblower, plus reactions • Run-up to 2020
            election: Klobuchar, Sanders • Dancing plague avoidance • Hilary and Chelsea Clinton • Wilco 
            "Everyone Hides" • Ukraine call: Pompeo, Giuliani • Trump's tweets • Trump and Finnish president
            • Pelosi response • Sanders heart surgery • Trump wants moat, armed response to migrants along 
            southern border • comedian Leah Bonnema
  Title 6: Full Frontal S4x24 Impeachment developments: Alligator moat, Barr • Pence and the HHS
            • Ilhan Omar • Sen. Sanders' heart surgery, Sen. Klobuchar kills a duck
  Title 7: Channel Zero S1x01 "You Have to Go Inside"
  Title 8: Channel Zero S1x02 "I'll Hold Your Hand"
  Title 9: Channel Zero S1x03 "Want to See Something Cool?"
  Title 10: Psych S6x04 "The Amazing Psych-Man and Tap Man: Issue No. 2"

X284
  Title 1: Superstore S5x02 "Testimonials"
  Title 2: The Good Place S4x02 "A Girl from Arizona, Part 2"
  Title 3: LSSC: Trump argues Ukraine, China should investigate Bidens • Kevin Smith & Jason Mewes
  Title 4: Psych S6x05 "Dead Man's Curveball"
  Title 5: commercial: Farmers Insurance – Sesame Street
  Title 6: Psych S6x06 "Shawn Interrupted"
  Title 7: KXNews: ND LGBTQ+ Summit
  Title 8: Cake S1x02 "Inside Out"
  Title 9: AHS 1984 S9x03 "Slashdance"
  Title 10: Psych S6x07 "In for a Penny ..."
  Title 11: Psych S6x08 "The Tao of Gus"
  Title 12: Psych S6x09 "Neil Simon's Lover's Retreat"
  Title 13: Bob's Burgers S10x02 "Boys Just Want to Have Fungus" [part 1]

X285

  Title 1: Bob's Burgers S10x02 "Boys Just Want to Have Fungus" [part 2]
  Title 2: Batwoman S1x01 "Pilot"
  Title 3: Psych S6x10 "Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger"
  Title 4: Channel Zero S1x04 "A Strange Vessel"
  Title 5: Channel Zero S1x05 "Guest of Honor"
  Title 6: Channel Zero S1x06 "Welcome Home"
  Title 7: Psych S6x11 "Heeeeere's Lassie"
  Title 8: Psych S6x12 "Shawn and the Real Girl"
  Title 9: Psych S6x13 "Let's Doo-Wop It Again"
  Titles 10 & 11: South Park S23x02 "Band in China" [parts 1&2]
  Title 12: South Park S23x03 "Shots!" [scrap: Episode 300]