Ep. 51: A Night in SubUrbia

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 51st episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "A Night in SubUrbia," for my Friday Night Feature I talk about a comic British teen drama that turned up on disc 711 in my Classic Collection called "Skins," the show's second-ever episode, centered on Cassie, a teen girl with an eating disorder.

In Cross Connections, I trace "Studio Six Feet Under" connections from "Skins" through "Game of Thrones" and "Dark Phoenix," Colin Farrell to a Capitol Shakespeare production I got to and "Parks and Rec" to "Superstore," "The Simpsons," "Brockmire" and 2020 presidential campaign efforts.

In "Into the Vaults," I watch a commercial VHS copy of "SubUrbia" that's been sitting unwatched in my media collection since about 2010, highlighting heretofore unexplored portions of my media collection.

In my Classic VHS-to-DVD Collection, I encountered "Battlestar Galactica's" pilot episode, noting the absence of the beautiful Sanskrit chant in the opening sequence for that one, highlighting similarities between my discovery of this series and my discovery of the 2002 Labor Day FOX marathon presentation of "24." Finding that episode gave me hope I'll find the pilot episodes of "The Middleman" and "Commander in Chief." Also, comments on "Psych," "Criminal Minds" and the "Raisin Brahms" Americans for the Arts promo.

In VideoFuzzy at the Movies, comments on Kids in the Hall "Brain Candy," "A Night at the Roxbury," "Napoleon Dynamite," John Waters' 2007 production of "Hairspray," "Bee Movie," "The Full Monty," "Solace," "The Girl on the Train" and "Gone Girl."

In my direct-to-DVD Current Collection, I've archived and cataloged all seven seasons of "Parks and Rec," noting the frustrating absence of the Funniest Line Ever Delivered in a Situation Comedy. Also, comments on "Pearson," "Archer: 1999," "Pose," "Claws," "Legion," "Psych" and "Full Frontal," featuring Samantha Bee and her Wacky Lists of Things! In Nerd Shows, I dedicated a disc to three two-hour PBS presentations of Roger Smith's "American Experience: Chasing the Moon," that production timed to observe the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Mission.

In What I've Been Watching, I took in Capitol Shakespeare's production of "The Winter's Tale," and in Upcoming Shows, looking forward to "Preacher" and this fall's season of Bravo's "Project Runway" remix featuring Christian Siriano. Enjoy!

VideoFuzzy

Catalog Post #051

Classic Collection

0702
  Saving Grace S2x05 "Do You Love Him?"
  promo: Arts for Breakfast: Raisin Brahms
  South Park S1x05 "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig"
  The Middleman S1x09 "The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown"
  The Graham Norton Show - KT Tunstall "Saving My Face" • cooldown goofiness
  Rescue Me Minisode "Person, Place, Thing"

0703
  South Park  S1x13 "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut"
  South Park S5x07 "Proper Condom Use"
  Burn Notice S2x06 "Bad Blood"
  The Graham Norton Show Amy McDonald "This Is The Life"
  Monk S7x05 "Mr. Monk is Underwater" [part 1]
  Monk S7x02 "Mr. Monk and the Genius" [scrap: Natalie's paycheck]
  The Graham Norton Show Rihanna "Hate That I Love You"
  MPFC: A Rendezvous in a Junkyard [French w/ subtitles] • Film critic: The Big Cheese • the making 
      of "Scott of the Antarctic" • no, make that "Scott of the Sahara" • fighting a lion • fighting 
      a penguin • attack teeth • opening credits • animation: crushed by dancing feet • Conrad Poohs'
      Dancing Teeth • opens a congratulatory telegram • Correction: A letter • Purchasing a Fish License 
      • The Lord Mayor

0704
  MPFC: Purchasing a Fish License • The Lord Mayor signs the exemption • Council rugby match • 
      Aftermatch wrap-up • football match Bournemouth gynecologists vs. Long John Silver impersonators
      • Edited Highlights • Closing credits
  MPFC: Advertising sketch (S. Frog) • Record skipping opening credits • Film of a 1924 prime minister
      stripping • Editor Exchange & Mart • Animation: Chinese communist conspiracy • U.S. defense vs.
      tooth decay • Crelm toothpaste • Shrill petrol • Agatha Christie train table sketch • And its writer
      • and its critic • dental obsessions in film • reactions • Crackpot Religions • The Church of the Divine
      Loony • PSA: How Not to be Seen • Crossing the channel in a yacht • Hiding in a filing cabinet •
      Musical Guests: Hiding in crates singing "Yummy Yummy Yummy" • and the instant replay
  Monk S7x05 "Mr. Monk is Underwater" [part 2]
  Psych S3x05 "Disco Didn't Die. It Was Murdered!"

0705
  FMC presents "The Full Monty" (1997)

0706
  FMC presents "Hairspray" (2007)
  Primeval S1x02 "Episode #1.2"

0707
  FMC presents "Bee Movie" (2007)

0708
  Mad Men S2x04 "Three Sundays"
  In Plain Sight S1x12 "A Fine Meth"

0709
  The Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget (2008)
  The Closer S4x06 "Problem Child"
  Saving Grace S2x06 "Are You an Indian Princess?"

0710
  The Middleman S1x10 "The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation"
  TCR: Esteban Colberto y Jorge Ramos
  Comedy Central presents "Napoleon Dynamite" (2004)

0711
  Skins S1x01 "Tony"
  Skins S1x02 "Cassie"
  Rescue Me Minisode "Ice Cream Truck"
  South Park S6x14 "The Death Camp of Tolerance"

0712
  Burn Notice S2x07 "Rough Seas"
  MPFC: Queen may be tuning in • Opening credits [Regency edition] • Coalminers' sketch [cuts out]
  Criminal Minds S1x06 "L.D.S.K."
  TDS: Evo Morales elected president of Bolivia • Harry Belafonte calls Dubya world's top terrorist
      in visit to Hugo Chavez • Rob Corddry analyzes Belafonte's visit • Cheney addresses Heritage 
      Foundation • Ed Helms discusses Cheney's sensory inundation chamber • James Risen "State 
      of War" • Moment of Zen: Japanese Android
  TCR:  Happy New Year 2006 • Merry Christmas • Bill O'Reilly on Letterman • Colbert on Conan •
      Praying for Alito • The WØRD: No Word (Abramhoff) • Tip/Wag: Cute images - Elmo death
      threats - Kareem Abdul Jabbar • Nancy Grace • promo: Distraction • promo: Dirty Jobs • promo:
      Prilosec / Super Bowl 41 • commercial: Lunesta • Michael Adams put on notice; Heather
      Clark dead to me

0713
  Criminal Minds S1x12 "What Fresh Hell?"
  Criminal Minds S1x13 "Poison"

0714
  Criminal Minds S1x14 "Riding the Lightning"
  Arcade Fire "Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)"
  Criminal Minds S1x10 "The Popular Kids" [f/Aaron Paul]
  Criminal Minds S1x15 "Unfinished Business"

0715
  Criminal Minds S1x15 "Unfinished Business"
  Monty Python's Personal Best - Ep. 4: Terry Gilliam's Personal Best 
      Opening Credits: Sounds of Dancing Feet • Conrad Pooh's Dancing Teeth • A Letter • Dancing
      Generals • suicide • falling eyeball • bus stop • Killer Cars • theft by ambulance • run over by
      ambulance • twit frog • Time's Up • my last operation • sweeping people • Venus on the half-
      shell [continued on discs 446 & 447]
  Battlestar Galactica S1x01 "33"
  Monk S7x06 "Mr. Monk Falls in Love"
  Psych S3x06 "There Might Be Blood"

Current Collection

X255
  Title 1: Parks & Rec S5x22 "Are You Better Off?"
  Title 2: Parks & Rec S6x01 "London: Part 1"
  Title 3: Archer:1999 S10x05 "Mr. Deadly Goes to Town"
  Title 4: Parks & Rec S6x02 "London: Part 2"
  Title 5: Parks & Rec S6x03 "The Pawnee-Eagleton Tip Off Classic"
  Title 6: Parks & Rec S6x05 "Gin It Up!"
  Title 7: Legion  S3x02 "Chapter 21"
  Title 8: Parks & Rec S6x06 "Filibuster"
  Title 9: Parks & Rec S6x07 "Recall Vote"
  Title 10: Parks & Rec S6x08 "Fluoride"
  Title 11: Legion  S3x03 "Chapter 22"
  Title 12: Pose  S2x04 "Never Knew Love Like This Before"
  Title 13: Full Frontal S4x15 Coverage of Trump sexual assault accusations • conditions
                               at migrant holding facilities / El Salvador / MS13 • Democratic
                               Debate coverage • Sarah Huckabee Sanders steps down

X256
  Title 1: American Experience Films S31x03 "Chasing the Moon - Part 1: A Place Beyond the Sky"
  Title 2: American Experience Films S31x04 "Chasing the Moon - Part 2: Earthrise"
  Title 3: American Experience Films S31x03 "Chasing the Moon - Part 3: Magnificent Desolation"

X257
  Title 1: Democratic Debate - Night 1: Miami, Fla. - June 26, 2019
             Cory Booker • Julián Castro • Bill de Blasio • John Delaney • Tulsi Gabbard • 
             Jay Inslee • Amy Klobuchar • Beto O'Rourke • Tim Ryan • Elizabeth Warren
  Title 2: Democratic Debate - Night 2: Miami, Fla. - June 27, 2019
             Michael Bennet • Joe Biden • Pete Buttigieg • Kirsten Gillibrand • Kamala Harris • John
             Hickenlooper • Bernie Sanders • Eric Swalwell • Marianne Williamson • Andrew Yang
  Title 3: Claws S3x04 "Boy Bye"
  Title 4: Claws S3x05 "Zaddy Was a Rolling Stone"
  Title 5: How The Universe Works S1x07 "Solar Systems"
  Title 6: Parks & Rec S6x09 "Cones of Dunshire"

X258
  Title 1: IFC presents "A Night at the Roxbury" (1998)
  Titles 2 & 3: Syfy presents "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (2008)
  Title 4: Syfy presents "Solace" (2015)
  Title 5: Parks & Rec S6x10 "Second Chunce"
  Title 6: Parks & Rec S6x11 "New Beginnings" [part 1]

X259
  Title 1: Parks & Rec S6x11 "New Beginnings" [part 2]
  Title 2: Parks & Rec S6x14 "Anniversaries"
  Title 3: Parks & Rec S6x15 "The Wall"
  Title 4: Parks & Rec S6x16 "New Slogan"
  Title 5: Parks & Rec S6x18 "Prom"
  Title 6: Parks & Rec S6x19 "Flu Season 2"
  Title 7: Parks & Rec S6x20 "One in 8,000"
  Title 8: Parks & Rec S6x21 "Moving Up - Part 1"
  Title 9: Parks & Rec S6x22 "Moving Up - Part 2"
  Title 10: Parks & Rec S7x01 "2017"
  Title 11: Parks & Rec S7x02 "Ron and Jammy"
  Title 12: Parks & Rec S7x03 "William Henry Harrison"
  Title 13: Parks & Rec S7x04 "Leslie and Ron"
  Title 14: Parks & Rec S7x05 "Gryzzlbox"
  Title 15: Parks & Rec S7x06 "Save JJ's"
  Title 16: Parks & Rec S7x07 "Donna and Joe"
  Title 17: Parks & Rec S7x08 "Ms. Ludgate-Dwyer Goes to Washington"
  Title 18: Parks & Rec S7x09 "Pie-Mary"

X260
  Title 1: Legion S3x04 "Chapter 23"
  Title 2: Full Frontal S4x16 Trump racist tweets • Conditions at border • Epstein and his enablers 
                                • The Late Shrill with Samantha Bee: Tammy Duckworth • GOP women call
                                out House squad for racism against whites
  Title 3: Pearson S1x01 "The Alderman"
  Title 4: Claws S3x06 "Fly Like an Eagle"
  Title 5: Pose S2x05 "What Would Candy Do?"
  Title 6: Archer: 1999 S10x06 "Road Trip"
  Title 7: Archer: 1999 S10x07 "Space Pirates"
  Title 8: Parks & Rec S7x10 "Johnny Karate Super Awesome Musical Explosion Show"
  Title 9: Parks & Rec S7x11 "Two Funerals"
  Title 10: Parks & Rec S7x12 "One Last Ride" [Part 1]
  Title 11: Parks & Rec S7x13 "One Last Ride" [Part 2]
  Title 12: Parks & Rec S2x12 "Christmas Scandal"

X261
  Title 1: Parks & Rec S4x20 "The Debate"
  Title 2: Parks & Rec S4x21 "Bus Tour"
  Title 3: Parks & Rec S4x22 "Win, Lose or Draw"
  Title 4: Parks & Rec S5x01 "Ms. Knope Goes to Washington"
  Title 5: Parks & Rec S5x02 "Soda Tax"
  Title 6: Parks & Rec S5x03 "How a Bill Becomes a Law"
  Title 7: Parks & Rec S5x04 "Sex Education"
  Title 8: Parks & Rec S5x05 "Halloween Surprise"
  Title 9: Parks & Rec S5x06 "Ben's Parents"
  Title 10: Parks & Rec S5x07 "Leslie vs. April"
  Title 11: FXX presents "The Girl on the Train" (2016)

X262
  Title 1: commercial: Baskin Robbins-themed "Stranger Things 3" promo
  Title 2: Claws S3x07 "Chicken Kitty"
  Title 3: Legion S3x05 "Chapter 24"
  Title 4: Pose S2x06 "Love's in Need of Love Today"
  Title 5: Archer: 1999 S10x08 "Cubert"
  Title 6: Pearson S1x02 "The Superintendent"
  Title 7: Full Frontal S4x17 "Cats" audition • Mueller testimony • Russian election interference • Fiesta 
                                Protesta • Food stamp comments
  Title 8: Psych  S5x16 "Yang 3 in 2D"
  Title 9: Psych  S6x01 "Shawn Rescues Darth Vader"
  Title 10: Psych  S6x02 "Last Night Gus"

Ep. 50: Ruddy Clip Show

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 50th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Ruddy Clip Show," I combine a fond look back at past episodes along with thoughts on my current viewing, opening with comments on the third season premiere of "Legion" in my Friday Night Feature.

In my Classic VHS-to-DVD Collection, a shoutout to the 50th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus along with some fun discoveries, including "Election Night Special," school awards presentations and close order swanning about. Also, comments on "Saving Grace," "South Park" and "The Simpsons."

In my direct-to-DVD Current Collection, a Pride Month celebration of "the other" in basic cable presentations, including "Pose," "Claws" and "Good Behavior," comments on fifth season episodes of "Luther" and, expanding on a recent episode of "Pose," a public service announcement regarding proper sex dungeon etiquette.

In VideoFuzzy at the Movies, I chat about "Dark Phoenix," "Logan" and M. Night Shyamalan's "The Visit." Finally, true to the episode title, I highlight the progress I've made in this effort with clips from past shows. Enjoy!

VideoFuzzy

Catalog Post #050

Classic Collection

0685
  Saving Grace S2x02 "A Survivor Lives Here"
  Burn Notice S2x02 "Turn and Burn"
  South Park S11x05 "Fantastic Easter Special"

0686
  South Park S6x15 "The Biggest Douche in the Universe"
  The Shield S4x12 "Judas Priest"
  The Shield S4x13 "Ain't That a Shame"

0687
  Doctor Who S4x12 "The Stolen Earth"
  MPFC: Animations: Creepy old caterpillar > gay butterfly • It's • Opening credits • Apologies for Gumby 
      announcements • Architect Sketch • Masons • Animations: Spotting a Mason • Apologies • Insurance
      Sketch • The Bishop! • [marquee advertises "Hoffman" with Peter Sellers] • Documentary on the
      Homeless fizzles • Your poet's installed! • seducing the poet reader • BBC announcer • and back to
      the seduction • discussion on censorship with a nude man • The Bishop! • Apologies for repetition •
      Animation: Bouncing on a nude woman • Jack and the Beanstalk • Five Frog Curse • Gumbys •
      Chemist Sketch • Banned Words • Progressively less naughty chemists • what do other people use
      for shaving lotion? • Police officer goes completely mad • Reference to Buzz Aldrin • Closing credits
      • The Gumbys are suddenly girls
  Rescue Me minisode: Booze 'n Seduction
  MPFC: Live at a Snack Bar in Peyton • Opening Credits • Diner • Blackmail • Society for Putting Things 
      On Top of Other Things • Gasp! We're on Film! • Distractions involving Nazis • Animation: Tunneling •
      Diner • Flatmates Talk about Things • Animation: Tunneling continues • Stuck in Lord's Supper, then
      a cloud • Diner • Prawn Salad Poltergeist sketch • "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" school production
      • Animation: Hunting piggy banks • Butcher shop sketch • Diner • Ken Clean-Air System, boxer • Diner
      • Bus on the 49D • Closing credits • commentary
  Fear Itself S1x07 "Community" [f/John Billingsley]

0688
  Burn Notice S2x03 "Trust Me"
  Monk S7x02 "Mr. Monk and the Genius"

0689
  Psych S3x02 "Murder? … Anyone? … Anyone? … Bueller?"
  Graham Norton Show Duffy "Warwick Avenue"
  South Park S10x12 "Go God Go"
  South Park S10x13 "Go God Go XII"
  South Park S10x10 "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy"
  The Middleman S1x07 "The Cursed Tuba Contingency"

0690
  Robin Hood S2x12 "A Good Day to Die"
  The Closer S4x03 "Cherry Bomb"

0691
  Saving Grace S2x03 "A Little Hometown Love"
  Mad Men S2x01 "For Those Who Think Young"
  Factory S1x05 "Model Employee"
  Fear Itself S1x08 "Skin and Bones"

0692
  Burn Notice S2x04 "Comrades"
  In Plain Sight S1x09 "Good Cop, Dead Cop"
  Psych S3x03 "Daredevils!"

0693
  Robin Hood S2x13 "We Are Robin Hood"
  South Park S4x10 "Probably"

0694
  Doctor Who S4x13 "Journey's End"
  South Park S10x01 "The Return of Chef"
  Monk S7x03 "Mr. Monk Gets Lotto Fever"
  The Simpsons S11x12 "The Mansion Family"
  The Simpsons S19x06 "Little Orphan Millie"

0695
  The Simpsons S11x13 "Saddlesore Galactica"
  The Simpsons S11x14 "Alone Again, Natura-Diddly" [Maude Flanders dies]
  MPFC: Attila the Hun in "The Attila the Hun Show" • Opening Credits • Attila the Nun • Hospital  
      sketch Inappropriate Examination • Ministry Reports before the Strip Club • And their groupies
      • Council rat-catcher sketch • Wains Cotting • Sheep, not rats • Mouse hole sheep hole third
      test • Armed sheep • Lab sketch • John Cleese in blackface • animation: Killer sheep gang • News
      reading for animals • Tale of Two Cities [adapted for parrots] • Today in Parliament [naughty] • 
      Animation: Attila the Bun • Idiots • Urban Idiots • Sports reporting: Cricket • Test match: Furniture
      • Furniture races • Game show: Blow on the Head • Clerics leap upon a scantily clad Graham 
      Chapman • Closing credits
  MPFC: It's a Living • BBC Announcement: What Time is It? • Animations: This Way Please • Opening 
      Credits • Sorry to Interrupt • Not Sorry to Interrupt • Annual Prize-Giving • Mr. Dibley's film critique • 
      The Foreign Secretary freshly returned from the Gulf of Oman discusses canoeing • other ministry
      hijinks • a bit of poetry • taking delivery of Book of the Month Club dung & other prizes • animation:
      Classical food prep • Timmy Williams Coffee Time • Interviewing Raymond Luxury Yacht • Animation:
      Bouncy ladies • Registry Office sketch • Animation: Enchanted Prince • Election Night Special • 
      Closing credits 

0696
  Mad Men S2x02 "Flight 1"
  In Plain Sight S1x10 "To Serge with Love" [f/Mark Sheppard]
  The Closer S4x04 "Live Wire"

0697
  Factory S1x06 "Camping"
  The Middleman S1x08 "The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation"
  South Park S1x07 "Pinkeye"
  South Park S6x16 "My Future Self 'n Me"
  South Park S3x06 "Sexual Harassment Panda"

0698
  Burn Notice S2x05 "Scatter Point"
  The Graham Norton Show Sharon Osborne & David Boreanaz - Stereophonics "My Friends"
  MPFC: Bikini Beauties • Bikini "It's" • Opening credits • How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body • 
      Australian Philosophy Faculty • Different Parts of the Body • Contradictory Interview • Different Parts 
      of the Body • Plastic Surgery Sketch • Derbyshire Light Infantry Division: Bad Temper • Close Order
      Swanning About • Animation: Military ballet/Suicide/Bus stop/Killer Cars • Air Travel Sketch • Bentley
      Townswomens' Guild reenactment of the Battle of Pearl Harbor • Mrs. Rita Fairbanks announces
      New project: First Heart Transplant • Underwater Shakespeare • Different Parts of the Body • Radio
      Drama: The Death of Mary Queen of Scots • Penguin on the Telly • Different Parts of the Body •
      Agatha Christie Sketch • Eurovision entries: Police division • Closing credits
  MPFC: BBC Announcements: There'll be Sport • Opening Credits • Animation: Archeology • Relative 
      Heights • Flaming Star: Egypt 1920 - Height Fights • The Problems of Sanity • Leapy Lee

0699
  MPFC: Leapy Lee • "An Appeal on Behalf of the National Truss" • Marriage Registry Sketch: Swapout •
      Doctor Sketch • Animation: Chicken Mafia • Cocktail Party Sketch • Hunting Mosquitoes • Poofy
      Judges Sketch • Weary Pepperpots • The Beethovens at Home • Historical creative differences •
      Poofy Judges part 2 • Closing Credits
  Monk S7x04 "Mr. Monk Takes a Punch"
  Psych S3x04 "The Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable" f/Steven Weber

0700
  The Simpsons S11x15 "Missionary: Impossible"
  Saving Grace S2x04 "It's a Fierce, White-Hot, Mighty Love"
  Rescue Me Minisode "Thieves"
  Primeval S1x01 "Episode #1.1"

0701
  In Plain Sight S1x11 "Stan By Me"
  Mad Men S2x03 "The Benefactor" [f/Patrick Fischler]
  The Closer S4x05 "Dial M for Provenza"
  Saving Grace S2x05 "Do You Love Him?"

Current Collection

X249
  Title 1: Parks & Rec S4x10 "Citizen Knope"
  Title 2: Parks & Rec S4x11 "The Comeback Kid"
  Title 3: Parks & Rec S4x12 "Campaign Ad"
  Title 4: Parks & Rec S4x13 "Bowling for Votes"
  Title 5: Parks & Rec S4x14  "Operation Ann"
  Title 6: Parks & Rec S4x15 "Dave Returns"
  Title 7: Claws S3x01 "Just the Tip"
  Title 8: Parks & Rec S4x16 "Sweet Sixteen"
  Title 9: Parks & Rec S4x17 "Campaign Shake-Up"
  Title 10: Parks & Rec S4x18 "Lucky"
  Title 11: Parks & Rec S4x19 "Live Ammo"
  Title 12: Parks & Rec S6x17 "Galentine's Day"
  Title 13: Parks & Rec S5x10 "Two Parties"
  Title 14: Parks & Rec S5x11 "Women in Garbage"
  Title 15: Parks & Rec S5x12 "Ann's Decision"
  Title 16: Parks & Rec S5x19 "Article Two"

X250
  Title 1: Full Frontal S4x13 YouTube gets skeevier • Targeted multilevel marketing • Pride history •
                              Joe Biden is skeevy
  Title 2: promo: "Spider-Man: Far From Home"
  Title 3: commercial: Facebook groups: Dads With Daughters
  Title 4: Luther S5x02 "Episode #5.2"
  Title 5: Pose S2x01 "Acting Up"
  Title 6: Parks & Rec S6x04 "Doppelgängers"
  Title 7: Parks & Rec S6x12 "Farmers Market"
  Title 8: Parks & Rec S6x13 "Ann and Chris"
  Title 9: Parks & Rec S5x08 "Pawnee Commons"
  Title 10: commercial: Babybel + "Toy Story 4" promo
  Title 11: commercial: Lunchables - Paris, Texas
  Title 12: Full Frontal S4x14 Democratic candidate debate prep / Run for Senate! • Mitch McConnel dry rot • 
                               Juneteenth: Talking reparations
  Title 13: Archer: 1999 S10x04 "Dining with the Zarglorp"
  Title 14: Claws S3x02 "Muscle & Flow"
  Title 15: Saweetie "My Type" f/Claws
  Title 16: Pose S2x02 "Worth It" [part 1]

X251
  Title 1: Pose S2x02 "Worth It" [part 2]
  Title 2: Luther S5x03 "Episode #5.3"
  Title 3: FX presents "The Visit" (2015)
  Title 4: TNT presents "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" (2017)
  Title 5: Parks & Rec S5x09 "Ron and Diane"
  Title 6: Parks & Rec S5x13 "Emergency Response" [part 1]

X252
  Title 1: Parks & Rec S5x13 "Emergency Response" [part 2]
  Title 2: Parks & Rec S5x14 "Leslie and Ben"
  Title 3: Parks & Rec S5x16 "Correspondents' Lunch"
  Title 4: FX presents "Logan" (2017)
  Title 5: FX Movies presents "American Hustle" (2013)
  Title 6: Parks & Rec S5x16 "Bailout"
  Title 7: Parks & Rec S5x27 "Partridge"

X253
  Title 1: Parks & Rec S5x18 "Animal Control"
  Title 2: Parks & Rec S5x20 "Jerry's Retirement"
  Title 3: TBS presents "The LEGO Batman Movie" (2017)
  Title 4: FX presents "Men in Black 3" (2012)
  Title 5: Luther S5x04 "Episode #5.4"
  Title 6: Claws S3x03 "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" [part 1]

X254
  Title 1: Claws S3x03 "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" [part 2]
  Title 2: Legion S3x01 "Chapter 20"
  Title 3: TNT presents "Central Intelligence" (2016)
  Title 4: Lifetime Movie Network presents "Flint" (2017)
  Title 5: Pose  S2x03 "Butterfly/Cocoon"
  Title 6: How the Universe Works S3x04 "The First Second of the Big Bang"
  Title 7: Parks & Rec S5x21 "Swing Vote"

Ep. 49: VideoFuzzy at the Movies

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 49th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "VideoFuzzy at the Movies," I breeze past my VHS-to-DVD Classic Collection transfers to my Friday Night Feature reactions to a 2007 Discovery Channel documentary called "In the Shadow of the Moon."

Then in What I've Been Watching, I dive into a discussion of several movies I've enjoyed recently, including the Elton John biopic "Rocketman" and video releases of "Hereditary," "Get Out" and "A Cure for Wellness."

In my direct-to-DVD Current Collection recordings, out of order viewing gave me a jarring introduction to the fifth season of "Luther," plus comments on the premieres of "Claws," "Pose" and "Archer," the finales of "Fosse/Verdon," "Happy!" "A Discovery of Witches," "Superstore" and "Brockmire," with thoughts on "Parks & Recreation," "Halt and Catch Fire," "Psych" and "A Flowershop Mystery: Mum's the Word." Then in my Nerd Shows, comments on Brian Greene's "Light Falls: Space, Time and an Obsession of Einstein."

In Upcoming Shows, I look forward to the third and final season premiere of "Legion" on FX and the PBS premiere of "Chasing the Moon."

I close with a shoutout and reflections observing my second anniversary of "VideoFuzzy," highlighting some of my favorite episodes in the series.

VideoFuzzy

Catalog Post #049

Classic Collection

0681
  MPFC: Scottish poet Mr. McTeagle • poetry expert St. John Limbo in a silly inflatable chair • A Recitation:
    "Can You Lend Me £50 to Mend the Shed" • Further recitations • more animal explosions • corrections 
    • animations: Violent little girl, hands, knitting • Milkman psychiatrist • more corrections & complaints
    • Walking in circles • "It's the Mind": Deja Vu • Recurring themes • Closing credits
  Inside the Actors Studio S11x04 George Carlin

0682
  Discovery presents "In the Shadow of the Moon" (2007)
  Battlestar Galactica S2x12 "Resurrection Ship: Part 2"
  In Plain Sight S1x08 "Don of the Dead"

0683
  Factory S1x04 "Builtgood Screwcutter 5000"
  The Simpsons S11x09 "Grift of the Magi" [f/Gary Coleman]
  The Shield S4x09 "String Theory"

0684
  The Middleman S1x06 "The Boy-Band Superfan Interrogation"
  Rescue Me minisode "Plethora"
  The Shield S4x11 "A Thousand Deaths"
  The Closer S4x02 "Speed Bump"

Current Collection

X242
  Title 1: Happy! S2x09 "Five Chicken Fingers and a Gun"
  Title 2: Brockmire S3x06 "Opening Day"
  Title 3: Prairie Mosaic Jewelry artist Cathy Sutton • Mary Louise Defender-Wilson "The Elders Speak: The 
     Woman Who Turned Herself Into Stone" • Pickwick Mill • Brenda Weiler "Trickle Down" - interview - "Noise 
     and Sound"
  Title 4: Prairie Mosaic Kaleidoscope crafter Rodney Haug • Thief River Falls Pioneer Village • Silent Flashes: 
     Hofsós Iceland Emigration Center • 8th Street String Quartet "Antonin Dvořák Quartet No. 12 in F Major"
  Title 5: Prairie Mosaic Flaten/Wange curated glass negatives • Enger Dance Studio • Economic Efficiency: 
     farming • Johnson Family Band "Riverboat Gambler" - interview - "Baby Mine"
  Title 6: Great Conversations: Alain de Botton ("The News: A User's Manual") and Brian Stelter on consuming
     media
  Title 7: Breakthrough: The Ideas that Changed the World S1x06 "The Smartphone"
  Title 8: Prairie Mosaic Brian Munson "Over Now"
  Title 9: Parks & Rec S2x11 "Tom's Divorce"
  Title 10: Nova S42x23 "Inside Einstein's Mind"
  Title 11: promo: Brian Greene's "Light Falls: Space, Time and an Obsession of Einstein" (2019)

X243
  Title 1: Brian Greene's "Light Falls: Space, Time and an Obsession of Einstein" (2019)
  Title 2: Archer: 1999 S10x01 "Bort the Garj"
  Title 3: Happy!  S2x06 "Resurrection"
  Title 4: Fosse Verdon S1x08 "Providence"
  Title 5: FXX presents "Angry Birds" (2016)
  Title 6: Parks & Rec S2x13 "The Set Up"

X244
  Title 1: Parks & Rec S2x14 "Leslie's House"
  Title 2: Parks & Rec S2x15 "Sweetums"
  Title 3: Parks & Rec S2x16 "Galentine's Day"
  Title 4: Parks & Rec S2x17 "Woman of the Year"
  Title 5: Parks & Rec S2x18 "The Possum"
  Title 6: Parks & Rec S2x19 "Park Safety"
  Title 7: Parks & Rec S2x20 "Summer Catalog"
  Title 8: FX presents "Captain America: Winter Soldier" (2014)
  Title 9: Parks & Rec S2x21 "94 Meetings"

X245
  Title 1: Parks & Rec S2x22 "The Telethon"
  Title 2: Parks & Rec S2x23 "The Master Plan"
  Title 3: Parks & Rec S2x24 "Freddy Spaghetti"
  Title 4: commercial: Rainbow Unicorn Lucky Charms
  Title 5: FX presents "Selma" (2014)
  Title 6: A Flower Shop Mystery S1x01 "Mum's the Word"
  Title 7: Parks & Rec S3x01 "Go Big or Go Home"

X246
  Title 1: commercial: J-B Weld f/ Nick Offerman
  Title 2: A Discovery of Witches S1x08 "Episode 8"
  Title 3: Halt and Catch Fire S4x06 "A Connection is Made"
  Title 4: Halt and Catch Fire S4x07 "Who Needs a Guy"
  Title 5: Halt and Catch Fire S4x08 "Goodwill"
  Title 6: Halt and Catch Fire S4x09 "Search"
  Title 7: Halt and Catch Fire S4x10 "Ten of Swords"
  Title 8: Parks & Rec S3x02 "Flu Season"
  Title 9: Parks & Rec S3x03 "Time Capsule"
  Title 10: Parks & Rec S3x04 "Ron & Tammy 2"

X247
  Title 1: Archer: 1999 S10x02 "Happy Borthday"
  Title 2: Parks & Rec S3x05 "Media Blitz"
  Title 3: Parks & Rec S2x02 "The Stakeout"
  Title 4: Parks & Rec S2x03 "Beauty Pageant"
  Title 5: Family Guy S7x16 "Peter's Progress" 
            [scrap: parody reference to "Revenge of the Nerds" (1984) talent show entry]
  Title 6: Parks & Rec S2x04 "Practice Date"
  Title 7: Parks & Rec S2x07 "Greg Prikitis"
  Title 8: Parks & Rec S3x06 "Indianapolis"
  Title 9: Parks & Rec S3x07 "Harvest Festival"
  Title 10: Parks & Rec S3x08 "Camping"
  Title 11: Parks & Rec S3x09 "Fancy Party"
  Title 12: Parks & Rec S3x10 "Soulmates"
  Title 13: FX presents "Morgan" (2016)

X248
  Title 1: Parks & Rec S3x11 "Jerry's Painting"
  Title 2: Parks & Rec S3x12 "Eagleton"
  Title 3: Parks & Rec S3x13 "The Fight"
  Title 4: Parks & Rec S3x14 "Road Trip"
  Title 5: Psych  S5x12 "Dual Spires"
  Title 6: Parks & Rec S3x15 "The Bubble"
  Title 7: Parks & Rec S3x16 "Li'l Sebastian"
  Title 8: Parks & Rec S4x01 "I'm Leslie Knope"
  Title 9: Parks & Rec S4x02 "Ron and Tammies"
  Title 10: Parks & Rec S4x03 "Born and Raised"
  Title 11: Parks & Rec S4x04 "Pawnee Rangers"
  Title 12: Parks & Rec S4x05 "Meet 'N' Greet"
  Title 13: Parks & Rec S4x06 "End of the World"
  Title 14: Parks & Rec S4x07 "The Treaty"
  Title 15: Parks & Rec S4x08 "Smallest Park"
  Title 16: Parks & Rec S4x09 "The Trial of Leslie Knope"

Ep. 48: Live in Front of a Studio Podcast

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 48th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Live in Front of a Studio Podcast," I pull up the third season premiere of "Psych," guest starring Cybil Shepherd for my Friday Night Feature, and run through a selection of Gus's nicknames.
In Cross Connections, I trace connections from Todd Stashwick taking on a side role in "Psych" and his appearances throughout my media collection, and Elysia Rotaru in a smaller number of shows in my archives, but one of them is "Fringe," so I'm definitely looking forward to seeing those when they turn up.

In my VHS-to-DVD Classic Collection transfers, I found Tori Amos giving a live performance of "Bouncing Off Clouds" on an episode of the Graham Norton Show, which also featured her in a 1980s ad for Just Right cereal. I also found a minute or so of what turned out to be Pamela Anderson's "V.I.P." interrupting a fourth-season episode of "The Shield," in which I saw what looked a lot like Glenn Close standing in front of my media collection circa 2008. ;)

Also, in contrast to last time, I found some hilarious first-season episodes of "Monty Python's Flying Circus." Finally, the seventh season premiere of "Monk" was dedicated to the memory of longtime supporting character Stanley Kamel as Dr. Kroger.
In my direct-to-DVD Current Collection recordings, I caught the presentation of ABC's "Live in Front of a Studio Audience" production hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear, featuring episode remakes of "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," followed by a commentary episode of "Nightline." Also, comments on "A Discovery of Witches," "Fosse Verdon," "Happy," and the third season finale of "Brockmire." And in my Nerd Shows, I chat about a History Channel presentation of "The Dead Sea Scrolls" with comments on episodes of "How the Universe Works" and "Breakthrough."
And oh hey, my new mic arrived in the mail! Too late for this episode, but tune in next time and we'll find out what I sound like. Cheers!


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