Sunday, June 27, 2021

Ep. 75: Be Kind, Rewind


Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 75th episode and fourth year anniversary production of "VideoFuzzy," reporting the progress I've made in cataloging nearly 3,000 VHS transfers and digital recordings. Delayed somewhat by our first roadtrip out of state since the fall of 2019 -- WORTH IT -- my Friday Night Feature this installment, I talk about Mos Def, Jack Black, Danny Glover and Melonie Diaz in an HBO presentation of 2008's "Be Kind, Rewind."

I skip lightly past Cross Connections, touching on Jack Black and Allyce Beasley over the course of the episode, and brief Fond Reflections of Irv Gooch and Ned Beatty, and I highlight Danny Glover as a Golden Thread through my media encounters.

In my Classic Collection (VHS-to-DVD), I have cataloged through disc 1,150. I dig into Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Rapaport in Spike Lee's "Bamboozled" (2000); with comments on David Lynch's "Blue Velvet" and "Eraserhead"; Jon Stewart's Wacky List of Things: Bad Ways to Learn You've Been Fired From Your Life's Work; "Superstore's" Ben Feldman's appearances in "Medium" and "Mad Men"; an appearance by Stan Lee in "The Simpsons"; dueling reviews on the fourth season finale of "Bones"; Apu Nahasapeemapetilon antics and a misdelivered line in "Coming to Homerica," the 20th season finale of "The Simpsons," and "The Golden Compass."

In my Current Collection (digital recordings), I recently cataloged Disc X400 in my Current Collection, comments on the FX Pride documentaries ahead of the third and final triumphant season of "Pose," Katey Sagel in "Rebel," the "Scrubs" sixth season musical episode of "My Musical," "Kids in the Hall" and "Chad," and such movies as Frank Sinatra as "Tony Rome" (1967), "Chances Are" (1989), "Pulp Fiction" (1994), "Glass" (2019) and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953).

In my Streaming activities, I stream the final sixth season episode of "Community" IFC declined to rebroadcast. Also, I highlight Cornstock Theatres' streaming stage production of "Talk Radio" on May 29, ahead of their production of "The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abriged) [Revised]," with comments on a recent PBS "Great Performances" production of Anton Chekov's "Uncle Vanya."

Finally, in "Video Outtakes," I touch on an issue I've struggled with putting this production together: editing my stuttery, stammery recordings, including samples of raw recordings as examples. I appreciate everyone's patience with me in these productions. Onward!

TOP TEN: Here's a "top ten" episode guide for people looking for a quick read-in on this blog and podcast effort. Enjoy!


VideoFuzzy

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Catalog Post #075

Classic Collection

1126
  IFC presents "Bamboozled" (2000)
  Breaking Bad S2x10 "Over"
  Harper's Island S1x05 "Thwack"

1127
  Harper's Island S1x05 "Thwack"
  The Simpsons S13x18 "I Am Furious (Yellow)" f/Stan Lee
  Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire S1x06 "Thrilla in the Villa" [scrap]
  Desperate Housewives S5x22 "Marry Me a Little"
  Cupid S1x05 "Shipping Out"
  The Big Bang Theory S2x23 "The Monopolar Expedition"

1128
  The Big Bang Theory S2x23 "The Monopolar Expedition"
  Ugly Betty S3x21 "The Born Identity"
  The Simpsons S20x20 "Four Great Women and a Manicure"
  TDS: May 11, 2009 • White House Correspondents Dinner
  Brothers & Sisters S3x24 "Mexico"
  Medium S5x15 "How to Make a Killing in Big Business: Part 3"

1129
  Medium S5x15 "How to Make a Killing in Big Business: Part 3"
  TCR: May 11, 2009 • Jeff Daniels
  Fringe S1x20 "There's More Than One of Everything"
  PBS presents "Celtic Thunder" 2009: "Desperado" [scrap]
  Fringe S1x20 "There's More Than One of Everything"
  Medium S5x16 "The Man in the Mirror"

1130
  Medium S5x16 "The Man in the Mirror"
  TDS: May 12, 2009 • Tom Hanks
  24 S7x22 Day 7: 5:00 a.m.- 6:00 a.m.
  LOST S5x16 "The Incident: Part 1"

1131
  LOST S5x17 "The Incident: Part 2"
  TDS: May 13, 2009 • Ambassador Hussein Haqqani
  TCR: May 13, 2009 • Michael Pollan
  Rescue Me S5x06 "Perspective"
  Bones S4x25 "The End in the Beginning"

1132
  Bones S4x25 "The End in the Beginning"
  commercial: Prius: school play
  Grey's Anatomy S5x23 "Here's to Future Days"
  Grey's Anatomy S5x24 "Now or Never"
  TDS: May 14, 2009 • Lisa P. Jackson

1133
  TDS: May 14, 2009 • Lisa P. Jackson
  TCR: May 14, 2009 • Yusuf Islam
  IFC presents "Blue Velvet" (1986)

1134
  IFC presents "Blue Velvet" (1986)
  Sundance presents "Eraserhead" (1977)
  The Office S5x26 "Company Picnic"
  Prison Break S4x21 "Rates of Exchange"

1135
  Prison Break S4x21 "Rates of Exchange"
  Prison Break S4x22 "Killing Your Number"
  Prison Break S4x22 "Killing Your Number"
  Castle S1x10 "A Death in the Family"
  Primeval S3x01 "Crocodile Fears"

1136
  Primeval S3x01 "Crocodile Fears"
  Breaking Bad S2x11 "Mandala"
  Desperate Housewives S5x23 "Everybody Says Don't"
  Desperate Housewives S5x24 "If It's Only In Your Head" [damaged]

1137
  Desperate Housewives S5x24 "If It's Only In Your Head" 
  TDS: May 18, 2009 • Wyatt Cenac Cosby impersonation • Sarah Fisher 
  TCR: May 18, 2009 • Meghan McCain
  commercial: Bacardi through the years
  In Plain Sight S2x04 "Rubble With a Cause"
  In Plain Sight S2x05 "Aguna Matatala"

1138
  In Plain Sight S2x05 "Aguna Matatala"
  Rescue Me S5x07 "Play"
  Cupid S1x06 "Left of the Dial"
  TDS: May 19, 2009 • Newt Gingrich
  TCR: May 19, 2009 • Walter Kirn

1139
  TCR: May 19, 2009 • Walter Kirn
  24 S7x23  Day 7: 6:00 a.m.- 7:00 a.m.
  24 S7x24  Day 7: 7:00 a.m.- 8:00 a.m.
  TDS: May 20, 2009 • Elizabeth Edwards
  TCR: May 20, 2009 • Seth Shostak

1140
  TCR: May 20, 2009 • Seth Shostak
  Glee S1x01 "Pilot"
  Reaper S2x11 "To Sprong, With Love" f/Michael McDonald
  Reaper S2x12 "Business Casualty"

1141
  Reaper S2x12 "Business Casualty"
  Criminal Minds S4x24 "Amplification" f/David Dean Bottrell
  The Simpsons S13x20 "Little Girl in the Big Ten" [cuts in]
  The Simpsons S20x21 "Coming to Homerica"
  Ugly Betty S3x22 "In the Stars"
  Ugly Betty S3x23 "Curveball"

1142
  Ugly Betty S3x23 "Curveball"
  Ugly Betty S3x24 "The Fall Issue" f/Rachel Dratch
    "Time After Time" duet Cyndi Lauper & Sarah McLachlan
  Primeval S3x02 "Haunted House"
  Harper's Island S1x06 "Sploosh"

1143
  Harper's Island S1x06 "Sploosh"
  Medium S5x17 "The First Bite is the Deepest"
        f/Anjelica Huston, Balthazar Getty
  HBO presents "Be Kind Rewind" (2008)

1144
  HBO presents "Be Kind Rewind" (2008)
  ABC Family presents "Corpse Bride" (2005)
  Commentary: "Voices from the Underworld"
  Breaking Bad S2x12 "Phoenix"

1145
  Breaking Bad S2x12 "Phoenix"
  Sundance presents "Lynch" (2007)
  HBO presents "Recount" (2008)

1146
  HBO presents "Recount" (2008)
  HBO presents "Mother" (1996) f/Debbie Reynolds

1147
  HBO presents "Mother" (1996)
  IFC presents "Sweeney Todd" (2006)

1148
  IFC presents "Sweeney Todd" (2006)
  HBO presents "The Golden Compass" (2007)

1149
  HBO presents "The Golden Compass" (2007)
  Medium S5x18 "The Talented Ms. Boddicker" f/Allyce Beasley
  The Big Bang Theory S2x13 "The Friendship Algorithm"
  The West Wing S6x10 "Faith-Based Initiative"

1150
  The West Wing S6x10 "Faith-Based Initiative"
  Reaper S2x13 "The Devil and Sam Oliver"
  TDS: May 21, 2009 • Larry King
  TCR: May 21, 2009 • Green Day
  Rescue Me S5x08 "Iceman"


Current Collection

X393
  Title 1: Scrubs S6x06 "My Musical"
  Title 2: commercial: Adobe Photoshop "Rainbow"
  Title 3: Kung Fu S1x02 "Silence"
  Title 4: Bob's Burgers S11x18 "Some Kind of Fender Benderful"
  Title 5: Community S5x13 "Basic Sandwich" [part 2]
  Title 6: Community S6x01 "Ladders"
  Title 7: Community S6x02 "Lawnmower Maintenance & Postnatal Care"
  Title 8: Community S6x03 "Basic Crisis Room Decorum"
  Title 9: Rebel S1x01 "Pilot"
  Title 10: FX presents "Glass" (2019)
  Title 11: commercial: Samuel Adams "The Shot"
  Title 12: Community S6x04 "Queer Studies & Advanced Waxing" f/Jason Mantzoukas

X394
  Title 1: IFC presents "Pulp Fiction" (1994)
  Title 2: Rebel S1x02 "Patient X"
  Title 3: Rebel S1x03 "Superhero"
  Title 4: Chad S1x03 "Ikrimah Breakup"
  Title 5: Chad S1x04 "K-POP"
  Title 6: Cake S4x07 "Mask Off"
  Title 7: Cake S4x08 "By Hook or by Crook"
  Title 8: Cake S4x09 "Restart"

X395
  Title 1: 04/28/21 – Joe Biden's Presidential Address to Congress
  Title 2: Kung Fu S1x03 "Patience"
  Title 3: Kung Fu S1x04 "Hand"
  Title 4: Freeform presents "Knight and Day" (2010)
  Title 5: PBS presents "I Am Greta" (2020)
  Title 6: Full Frontal S6x11 [04/21/21] Derek Chauvin verdict • Marijuana • Reality Winner
  Title 7: Bob's Burgers S11x19 "Bridge Over Troubled Rudy"
  Title 8: Bluey S2x22 "Bus"

X396
  Title 1: Full Frontal S6x12 [04/28/21] Border critique • DC51 • Julianna Hatfield "Mouth Full of Blood"
  Title 2: Pose S3x01 "On the Run"
  Title 3: PBS presents Great Performances' "Uncle Vanya"'
  Title 4: Kids in the Hall S1x01 "Episode #1.1"
  Title 5: Kids in the Hall S1x02 "Episode #1.2"
  Title 6: Kids in the Hall S1x03 "Episode #1.4"
  Title 7: Bob's Burgers S11x20 "Steal Magazine-olias"
  Title 8: Chad S1x05 "Whiskey Slaps"
  Title 9: Chad S1x06 "Hamid"

X397
  Titles 1 & 2: Bob's Burgers S11x21 "Tell Me Dumb Thing Good"
  Title 3: Chad S1x07 "Lakehouse"
  Title 4: Pose S3x02 "Intervention"
  Title 5: Pose S3x03 "The Trunk"
  Title 6: Pose S3x04 "Take Me to Church"
  Title 7: Bob's Burgers S11x22 "Vampire Disco Death Dance"
  Title 8: Chad S1x08 "Finale"
  Title 9: Sundance presents "The King's Speech" (2010)

X398
 Title 1: Full Frontal S6x13 [05/05/21] GOP in-fighting • trans athletes • state prisons
 Title 2: Full Frontal S6x14 [Special] Full Frontal Wants to Take Your Guns
 Title 3: Kung Fu S1x05 "Sanctuary"
 Title 4: Kung Fu S1x06 "Rage"
 Title 5: Kung Fu S1x07 "Guidance"
 Title 6: Pose S3x05 "Something Borrowed, Something Blue"
 Title 7: Rebel S1x04 "The Right Thing"
 Title 8: Rebel S1x05 "Heart Burned" [cuts out]
 Title 9: Rebel S1x06 "Just Because You're Paranoid"
 Title 10: Rebel S1x07 "Race" [part 1]

X399
 Title 1: Rebel S1x07 "Race" [part 2]
 Title 2: IFC presents "Wayne's World 2" (1993)
 Title 3: FXM Retro presents "Tony Rome" (1967)
 Title 4: Kids in the Hall S1x05 "Episode #1.5"
 Title 5: Kids in the Hall S1x06 "Episode #1.6"
 Title 6: Kids in the Hall S1x07 "Episode #1.7"
 Title 7: Kids in the Hall S1x09 "Episode #1.9"
 Title 8: Kids in the Hall S1x10 "Episode #1.10"
 Title 9: Kids in the Hall S1x11 "Episode #1.11"
 Title 10: Kids in the Hall S1x13 "Episode #1.13"

X400
 Title 1: CW presents "Chances Are" (1989)
 Title 2: FXM presents "Passengers" (2016)
 Title 3: FXM Retro presents "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953)
 Title 4: Pose S3x06 "Something Old, Something New"