#Greg Gilligan

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there are a lot of fun lil things to catch up and enjoy and shout out so think of this as my lil newsletter of the week :)

been a lot of great discussions on the rest is entertainment recently! a few i recommend: 1) in this ep richard discusses the former (😥) importance of the edinburgh fringe and how the pipeline standup>stage>stardom has completely changed with the popularisation of social media and the instant delivery of topical comedy (loved the vittorio shoutout!); 2) in this recent ep (8:17) richard talks about the integrity and motivations of professional tv quizzers, like those on the chase; and 3) in this another recent ep (20:33) richard passionately criticises the emmys allowing the bear to compete as a comedy series and yet again stands up for out-of-work as well as underappreciated comedy writers

rob beckett & romesh ranganathan are doing promo for the new season of rob & romesh vs, so here is a ridiculous video of them doing "impressions" on ladbible lmao

david mitchell's new series ludwig comes out this week!!! this is a wonderful interview with david + rave reviews are rolling in from the guardian, the radio times, and more

larry dean had a small speaking part in the netflix film this time next year, which is out now!

icymi global superstar, drag artist, and scottish comedian/enne lawrence chaney took over trixie's channel a few weeks ago

GRAHAM NORTON SHOW IS BACK ON FRIDAY!!! 9/27 Lady Gaga, Colin Farrell, Demi Moore, Richard Ayoade, and Jack Savoretti & Miles Kane 10/4 Hugh Grant, Sebastian Stan, Greg Davies, and Neneh Cherry

i know i talked about this last week but just so everything is in one place here are the links for bobby mair's and harriet kemsley's episodes of the divorce podcast

vic reeves recently made a few comments about wanting to get back with bob to do something new 🥹

some new books out! and most of these include book tours — including richard osman in the USA this week!!! tickets here We Solve Murders by Richard Osman Friends of Dorothy by Sandi Toksvig Jokes, Jokes, Jokes by Jenny Eclair Frankie by Graham Norton

speaking of people coming to north america here are a few coming up: 9/5–10/3 Jamali Maddix 10/11–10/27 Sindhu Vee 11/8 Michael & Jack Whitehall 11/9–13 Paul Chowdhry 2025 Romesh Ranganathan, Mo Gilligan (can anyone else believe ben elton went to mf abu dhabi but couldn't make it over to the usa for a show or two 🥲)

david o'doherty has a new podcast out with max rushden called what did you do yesterday?, and the first guests include elis james, lou sanders, alex horne, josh widdicombe, and suzi ruffell

just a reminder that fin taylor is still...fin tayloring over on ig

joe lycett is currently filming a series for sky where he goes to all of the birminghams in the usa LMAO he's giving sneak peeks of his country-wide travels on his social media so check them out hehe

fern brady won big at the sky arts awards :")<3

[greensparty]

This Month In History - September

What a month for landmark anniversaries! Here's some I'm raising a glass to:

Sept. 12, 1989: Pump released

In Sept. 1989 Aerosmith' 10th album was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2014. Happy 35th Pump!

Sept. 12, 2014: The Skeleton Twins opens

In Sept. 2014, one of the best dysfunctional comedies of the 2010s opened. I was lucky enough to see it early on when it screened at the 2014 Independent Film Festival Boston, where my doc Life on the V: The Story of V66 was premiering. I was very proud to be in the same company as this film. It balanced sadness and humor delicately and both stars Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig swung it out of the park! Happy 10 TST!

Sept. 14, 2004: Funeral released

In Sept. 2004, the debut album from Arcade Fire was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2019. Happy 20th Funeral!

Sept. 16, 1984: Miami Vice premieres

In Sept. 1984, possibly the greatest cop show of the 80s premiered on NBC. Here is my piece I wrote in 2019. Happy 40th Miami Vice!

Sept. 19, 1984: Amadeus opens

In Sept. 1984, Milos Forman's biopic masterpiece was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2019. Happy 40th Amadeus!

Sept. 21, 2004: American Idiot released

In Sept. 2004, Green Day's best concept album was releasd. Here is my piece I wrote in 2014. Happy 20th AI!

Sept. 24, 2004: Shaun of the Dead opens

In Sept. 2004, the zombie comedy to end all zombie comedies was released. Director Edgar Wright's genius has always been in not trying to make a straight up spoof of genres he loves, but actually making a great movie in that genre that's also funny. As a zombie apocalypse takes over London, a slacker tries to survive it with his friends and girlfriend. It is a movie people still talk about and quote today. Got my copy on DVD! Happy 20th SOTD!

Sept. 25, 1984: Three's a Crowd premieres

In Sept. 1984, the spin-off that followed Three's Company premiered. Here is my piece I wrote in 2019. Happy 40th TAC!

Sept. 25, 2009: Paranormal Activity opens

In Sept. 2009, one of the best found footage horror movies was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2014. Happy 15 PA!

Sept. 26, 1964: Gilligan's Island premieres

In Sept. 1964, one of the great 60s sitcoms premiered on CBS. A group of differing castaways all find themselves trapped on a desert island together. I used to love it as a kid, watching syndicated reruns. They never got off the island, but that was part of the fun. Happy 60th GI!

Sept. 26, 1969: Abbey Road released and The Brady Bunch premieres

On the same exact day in Sept. 1969, two historical pop culture moments occurred!

First up, The Beatles' 11th studio album was released. There's always been a argument among Beatles fans about the final Beatles album: Abbey Road, the last one recorded, vs. Let It Be, the last one released. It is one of my personal favorites and I grew up with the vinyl. Here is my album review of the 2019 Super Deluxe Edition. Happy 55 Abbey Road!

Next up, the family sitcom The Brady Bunch premiered on ABC-TV. The story of a blended family with six kids became the standard for TV families. The series was on from 1969-1974, but I got into it in syndicated reruns (much like Gilligan's Island). No matter what age you were you could relate to at least one of the Brady kids, i.e. Bobby when I was younger, then Peter, and later on Greg. When I was in college, actor Barry Williams spoke and signed copies of his book there too. Happy 55th Brady Bunch!

Sept. 26, 1984: It's Your Move premieres

In Sept. 1984, one of the best short-lived sitcoms of the 80s premiered. Here is my piece I wrote in 2019. Happy 40th IYM!

Sept. 27, 1994: Monster released

In Sept. 1994, R.E.M.'s 9th album as released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2019. Happy 30th Monster!

Sept. 30, 1994: Ed Wood opens

In Sept. 1994, one of the best Hollywood biopics was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2019. Happy 30th EW!

[alexhornefan]

Taskmaster and Alex & Greg are nominated for awards.

Best Entertainment Series

Late Night Lycett – Rumpus Media and My Options Were Limited for Channel 4 Taskmaster – Avalon Television for Channel 4 The Graham Norton Show – So Television for BBC1 The Masked Singer – Bandicoot Scotland for ITV1 The Rap Game UK – Naked (a Fremantle label) for BBC Three The Traitors – Studio Lambert for BBC One

Best TV Presenter - Entertainment

Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly – Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway Claudia Winkleman – The Piano Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show Greg Davies and Alex Horne – Taskmaster Mo Gilligan – The Lateish Show Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan – Rob & Romesh Vs

[jechristine]

Seth MacFarlane has donated $1 million to The Entertainment Community Fund to help provide financial assistance for industry workers during the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.

The organization, formerly known as The Actors Fund, also exclusively tells me that recent donors include The Katie McGrath & JJ Abrams Family Foundation, Stacey Abrams, Annette Bening, Tom Bergeron, Greg Berlanti, Rachel Bloom, Rosanne Cash in memory of Johnny Cash, Suzanne Collins and Cap Pryor, Vince Gilligan, Lynn Nottage, Michelle Pfeiffer and David E. Kelley, Shonda Rhimes, and Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw.

https://variety.com/2023/film/columns/seth-macfarlane-donation-entertainment-community-fund-1235684669/

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[frothlad]

I think my parents just kind of liked the name, but didn't have a significant personal reason. I was on the leading edge of "Greg", though, thanks to being born before The Brady Bunch became a thing.

(In a interesting aside, I am reblogging this from a person who shares a name with a character from Gilligan's Island; both Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island were by creator Sherwood Schwartz.)

[burningexeter]

Here's a fairly solid amount of all the different kinds of media that I think both can fit well in and could share the same universe as one of the greatest TV shows of all time, David Chase's The Sopranos, which you can both read and see below for yourself:

• Tom Fontana's Oz (HBO)

• David Simon's The Wire

• Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul & El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

• Kurt Sutter's Sons Of Anarchy & Mayans MC

• Todd McFarlane's Spawn (HBO) Trilogy

• Chris Carter's The X Files (first nine seasons), The X Files: Fight The Future, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen

• Joss Whedon's Buffy The Vampire Slayer & Angel

• Christopher McCulloch & Doc Hammer's The Venture Bros. & The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is The Blood Of The Baboon Heart

• Remedy Entertainment's Connected Universe (Max Payne Trilogy, Alan Wake Duology, Alan Wake's American Nightmare & Control)

• Quentin Tarantino's Tarantinoverse (Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Natural Born Killers, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn, Curdled, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Duology, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight & Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)

• Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld's Seinfeld

• Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman's Party Of Five

• Winnie Holzman's My So-Called Life

• Linwood Boomer's Malcolm In The Middle

• Mitchell Hurwitz's Arrested Development (first three seasons)

• Dan Schneider's Drake & Josh, Drake & Josh Go Hollywood & Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh

• John Cleese & Connie Booth's Fawlty Towers

• Dylan Moran & Graham Linehan's Black Books

• Rob McElhenney's It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

• John Carpenter's Big Trouble In Little China

• Bryan Fuller's Pushing Daisies & Hannibal (NBC)

• Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse's LOST

• Jeff Pinkner & J.H. Wyman's Fringe

• Greg Daniels' The Office (U.S.)

and last but not least,

• Michael Schur's Parks and Recreation

The universe does what The Sopranos did (and did so wonderfully) and that's both balance and explore different tones, styles and aesthetics.

Each media shows the various different sides to this world that's similar to ours but is much more larger than life.

Plus, in case anyone's wondering, Pawnee is seen as a joke by the rest of the world which yeah it is.

[theangrycomet-art]

Kaiden needs facts and knows just who to go to.

Showing Greg and Zelda in color for the first time! 

“I can’t believe he made it all the way to the Bodega.” Eyeing the cheerfully squeaking gerbil, Zelda glanced back up at Kaiden as she scooped up the cage. “Where the heck did you find him?”

“In the freezers eating his weight in icecream- where else?” Kaiden smirked as he leaned against her stripped shelves, tilting his head in amusement. “Though technically speaking it was Penny and Jenny who found him- I just caught the three trying to sneak off into the back room.”

“Ah- I see.”

“Soooo...” Greg leaned forward to the current gerbil. “How exactly are we going to fix this before your very-touchy-about-using-his-children-as-test-subjects-for-scientific-experiments Uncle Johnny finds out?”

“Eh, I just need Computress to dig up the plans for my dad’s old species modifying remote, 3d print the pieces, and we’re set.” Shrugging without a drop of concern, she played with Nate. 

“Actually, I could use your guys help for something- if you’ve got some time.” The ceiling was apparently quite interesting right now- Kaiden couldn’t stop looking at it.

Exchanging a glance, they stared at him as smirks stretch across their lips.

Zelda cast a sly glance at Kaiden. 

“You know, I’d love to help you Kaiden but heping you get together with my Rival?” Tutting, her smirk widened at his discomfort. “Not the best idea.”

“Uhhh, no, I wasn’t going to ask about that.” He crossed his arms awkwardly. 

“Ah, so you want to start another prank war.” Pointing, Greg smirked as Kaiden continued to count the dots of the ceiling.

“No, actually I was hoping you two could get me some info.” Finally meeting their eyes, he continued.

“What do you two know about Laserblast and Professor Venomous?”

[theangrycomet]

Which CN Gen 2 OC would be willing to eat Lutefisk (cod soaked in lye and buried in the ground with red cabbage. It should be ready if the cabbage has turned neon green)?

The Gilligan Brothers* definitely- they are HUGE foodies

[theangrycomet]

Let’s see the list shall we?

WOC skater girl and TransMasc POC superboy raised by a semi-rehabilitated villain and his alien actor bros.

2 chubby Blewish techies (also siblings) that have sense of humor.

Sword lesbian Indian girl who has dated several people.

Autistic-coded Latina genius.

Gay Latino that’s technically a clone super soldier.

Tell me your OC would get screwed over by writers without actually telling me how they would get screwed over by writers

I'll go first

My OC is a half Hispanic and half African American bisexual female who has an interest in science and tech

[gaycostanzas]

"we are telling a story of transformation in which a previously good man, through sheer force of will, decides to become a bad man." - vince gilligan

or: greg hirsch finding the roy that has always been within him

[thegnasticious]

Farewell The Walking Dead

This is not much an expository piece as much of it is an opinion. A relatively popular show in recent history is known as The Walking Dead. It is finally coming to a grinding halt at its 13th season, likely to open up room for spin-offs, and rival production teams to branch off. It should also be noted The Walking Dead is now a title on Disney + (UK)

The original seasons of The Walking Dead traversed parts of Atlanta, showing Rick’s character in a sort of singular conflict. This as with the later Darryl focused episodes, tredded better ground than ones which seem to focus on the group, jumping from the conflicts of a deaf person to all sorts of stuff (even a 3D tiger). In my opinion the earlier show is what drove the popularity, the later institutionalization of it, led to a jumping over the shark effect. If Fonzie jumped the shark some 18 more times in individual episodes after. Like Gilligan and the island, TWD relied on tropes usually limiting or altogether hampering a lead character’s ability to seemingly escape the show. Rick and The Junkyard lady are the only early escapees, and after he leaves the show, the show really lost its grips. For a while it tried to course back on track, but would fall victim of crowd-funded script decisions, that were usually more in lieu of driving individual actor’s careers than the whole show.

TWD has an interesting presence still, even given its room for ridiculous redundancy, and occasionally good acting performances, as well as bad. The current show is definitely a strange joke of what it once was, but maybe beating the dead horse is the proper ending to such a mess of a mid-show conflict. I recall the show getting particularly stupid after the Rick/Negan stained glass attack. But I still sat it through, and I plan to watch it to the end, no matter how stupid it gets. And believe me from the child narrated flashbacks every episode, it gets real stupid.

I think most true fans of the show want to see it ended. It can’t do much more, and arguably the show was mostly over when they discovered the disease center in that arena place. I would say that about surmised the show. The current show is so lost, that even a conclusion won’t setup for an easy transfer, that’s why hopefully a lot of these supporting characters die off somehow. The story has way too many driving elements, and every character has been given way too much room for survival. Obviously by the spin-offs announced it can be assumed Negan, Rick, Michonne, Darryl, Carol, and a few others will be making it out. I forecast Eugene is gonna go the way of Abraham, he has had a really long go, and all he keeps doing is things in reflection of self-interest (love in the apocalypse is sweet, but shit man isn’t there better things you can be focusing on). He also puts the safety of the group at risk multiple times for what turns into some, “be sorry for me, I just love her”, or whatever. I’ve kind of had it with his arc, and I hope him and the commonwealth go their own way. Also those Stephanie reaction shots look like they were taken out of a smooth jazz adult film.

I’ve noticed that most of the episodes done by Bear Mc and Greg Nicotero on set, tend to be the best. These had a sort of gritty realness, that seems intentionally sapped in later episodes. Be this for a sensitization of hopes of a child-centric series, I’m truly not sure what they going for here. My favorite arc of the show was the Darryl arc with his brother. To me that was the most powerful, and the earlier conflicts without leading tyrants, tended to have more impact. Almost all of the leading bad guys have their bad acting moments in the show. From Lance’s over-done eye movements, to the Governor’s stale presence not many of the bad guys were as well-acted as the main characters (besides Negan of course, phenomenal performance all through-out, even when show is doo doo butter).

In recent shows, TWD has had a really long run. It didn’t quite break the record, but it definitely set a standard for any zombie show to come. I personally hope the show goes back to its roots through spin-offs, and away from things certain producers who joined the show wanted to do, many of these things being deviations from the core show. Maybe the later show is just a result of too many chefs in the kitchen, it is unsure why such a mixed meal came from so much work. Overall ending it and starring individual teams and pursuants for those IPs seems to be the best route. Not sure what’ll come next, but the show being freed from itself can only be a good thing

[roguefankc]

A wonderful commission from @anotherwellkeptsecret displaying a little future excerpt for my Deadpool/Sherlock crossover: Deadpool’s Bestest, Best Besties, (many thanks Kelley!) where Sally Donovan and Inspector Dimmock of Scotland Yard team up with the insufferable Deadpool of Marvel.

...it goes as well as you’d expect.

“Uh, Sally? Are you sure this is safe?” Dimmock asked warily. “Look, this was the only thing I could think of that could keep that nutcase busy and out from doing anything destructive or distracting! He’s just playing a bloody stupid card game! What possible damage could Deadpool do playing ‘Cards Against Humanity’ by himself?!” Sally demanded. (one Gilligan Cut later...) “All right, the good news is that the fire is now under control, only a few rooms were completely incinerated, and other than some cases of minor smoke inhalation, no one was seriously injured, and everyone managed to evacuate safely,” Dimmock stated. Sally Donovan acted like she didn’t hear as she wearily remained sitting on the pavement. Her clothes sooty and stained, Sally rested her elbows on her knees and clutched her forehead in an attempt to quell the immense migraine. In the background, the oblivious and carefree Deadpool was whistling a cheerful rendition of “Zippidy Doo Da” as he was toasting a chimichanga, a hot dog, a banana, a turkey leg, and an uncooked, unopened package of “Cup o’ Noodles”. On his katana sword. And using the flames that were currently engulfing the recently built Scotland Yard building. Amid a sea of annoyed and angry officers, civilians, reporters, and firemen. Sally's silence was the cue for Dimmock to continue... “The bad news is that the rooms that were destroyed by the fire were actually quite vital. Such as the cold case room…” Sally winced, remembering that a good number of their cold cases had physical reports on paper and other flammable evidence that was now as good as gone… “Lestrade’s office…” All right, that was bad, but Greg would be understanding. If he could forgive Sally for her role in Sherlock’s Fall, then he'd forgive her for this one… “The Chief Super’s office…” And that would explain why the Chief Superintendent, despite being filmed by numerous cameramen and reporters, was currently jumping up and down on the sidewalk, screaming an absolute fit and his entire face purple… “And due to sprinklers going off and the extensive water damage, we’ll have to move back to our old headquarters for an indefinite amount of time until the repairs and investigation is finished,” concluded Dimmock. Which meant that they would have to spend overtime moving their waterlogged computers and files and needing to get back on track with only half of their resources and security, and this entire disruption putting everyone off physically and mentally, and making the entirety of Scotland Yard a joke in front of hundreds of thousands of people that was most likely going to be in the news the very next hour… “I miss Sherlock…” Sally declared wearily. Dimmock actually paused and gave Sally Donovan a long look for several seconds before he then trusted himself to speak. “I’m sorry?” “Don’t make me repeat it, but I miss Sherlock Holmes,” Sally said, rubbing her face in her hands. There was another pause before Dimmock then called out to Inspector Hopkins. “Hey Stella!” Stella and a few officers looked up. “TIME! Sally just said she missed Sherlock! Who won the pool?!” “I’ll let you know when we can go back into the office!” called back Stella as a few officers groaned at the news. “You couldn’t have waited for one more day to toss up things with Deadpool, Donovan?!” whined one officer, “I lost five hundred quid!” “…I hate all of you,” Sally was all she could declare. Deadpool, who was happily chomping on the chimichanga he was roasting, offered out his katana blade to Sally. “Want my hot dog?” Deadpool asked innocently. Sally’s eye absolutely twitched…

[marnie1964]

Karate Kid/Cobra Kai survey

i'm gonna consider myself tagged

It’s the year 2021 and you’re obsessed with The Karate Kid. How are you feeling?: an unexpected turn of events but it's passing the quarantine, i guess!

Did you grow up with TKK or are you new to the series?:  to be completely honest, i don't really like the movies? i didn't vibe with them as a kid and when i went back and tried to watch them this year i couldn't make it all the way through.* i think they're well crafted movies, but i've never liked relatable young boy wish fulfillment (i couldn't even get thru harry potter as a kid), and i think the first one is guilty of burying the lede twice over with regards to mr. miyagi and later the relationship between kreese and johnny. and lucky me--these are exactly the areas that cobra kai delivers on.

*except for the third one, which imo is a camp masterpiece and also genuinely heartbreaking. it's the only one that allows daniel to be an genuine pain in the ass. i think i've finally figured out what the target audience for cobra kai is: people who's favorite karate kid movie was tkk3 (me).

We gotta do the basics. Favorite character: johnny! what is a man but a miserable pile of bruce springsteen lyrics? or aimee mann lyrics? or mountain goats lyrics? or otis redding lyrics? or--fuck, have americans ever written songs about anyone else? i have an unreal amount of good will towards this man and his late-life struggle for recuperation. he's the heart of the show both in terms of his relationships with other characters and in terms of zabka's chemistry with the other actors.

my deep dark double secret fave is kreese. he makes me feel real anger in a way that's usually reserved for characters in vince gilligan shows. i'm a bit obsessed with him and his preoccupation with johnny and later johnny's teenaged son (I Have Thoughts). the show does a great job of making what he did to johnny--and all the years and years and years of fallout from that--feel really real, which makes him one of the most viscerally despicable villains i've ever come across . it's unironically among the best portrayals of domestic abuse i've seen, may god have mercy on our souls. the decision to pop out from behind a fucking cardboard cutout of himself to scare daniel in tkk3 was also a hilarious galaxy brain move. aspirational stuff.

also--shout out to daniel-san. the writers really had to work their asses off to make him into a character that appeals to me, and i think they did a great job of it. he's a cringey tool who's capable of displaying a surprising amount of integrity under the right circumstances! he's tom wambsgans! he's pete campbell! he's wonderful i love him!

Favorite ship:  johnny & daniel (what if mysterious skin was a sports comedy??)

Underrated character: the True and Correct answer to this question can only be aisha, although i don't think she was actually underrated by anyone besides the writers. chozen is also lowkey my favorite katate child because c'mon, he had everything (spear fights! ziplines! teen death matches! formfitting disco-era polyester button down shirts worn with gold chains!)

Underrated ship (don’t say therapy, lol):  uhhhh... the only teen couple that could have been interesting is tory/aisha. they were cute together and their friendship rang true to me. it's that thing where you're the new girl and you're conventionally attractive, but on the inside you know you're a freak so you immediately gravitate towards the most obvious female outsider. i lived it, bay-bey!

i also think there are interesting things to explore with carmen and johnny's relationship. i don't know if the writers are even aware of it (i lean towards no b/c men amirite) but the entire premise of carmen's character is that she chose to live in poverty to protect herself and her son from a bad man with power. she's thereby the exact opposite of johnny's mother, who (at least by his understanding) married hollywood film producer shmarvey shmeinstein to provide her son with a better life. so, there's a lot to unpack in his attraction to her. also they're super hot hur hur i like sexy nurse thing hur hur.

Wax On, Wax Off or Sweep the Leg?: i can't look directly at it, but sweep the leg. zabka what the fuck man.

Which of Daniel’s dumb little outfits is your favorite?:  i don't think i've seen anyone mention this one yet, but the football jersey with the sweatpants. it makes him look so small and huggable, i wanna pick him up and set him on my shelf or something.

Character from the films you most want to return, who’s not Terry Silver: bring back ali's lesbian girl gang!!! or else--dutch. he was funny and iconic, i loved his exaggerated offended reaction to everything daniel said or did in tkk. also, i'm tacky so i'm a sucker for aggressively bleach blonde hair. the SCANDALIZED wasp couple standing behind ali and johnny in the spaghetti scene will also do. or terry's secretary (an mvp--i believe the original actress has passed away so in my heart of hearts she's portrayed by j. smith-cameron).

Scene that lives in your head rent-free: the whole character development speed run that johnny does from sweep the leg to crying while handing daniel the trophy to getting strangled in the parking lot by his beloved teacher. i'm especially transfixed by that last bit--what's the thought process of a man who decides to publicly execute his teenage student via strangulation? why did none of the many bystanders call the police? johnny is the real kitty genovese, prison for everyone.

from the cobra kai series proper: daniel's decision to greet johnny with a big hug after not seeing him for 35 years and never actually being friends with him (I Have Thoughts), the heinously creepy scene where johnny is repeating the cobra kai mantra for miguel and his entire disposition completely changes (demonic possession shit), and johnny's tiny go-ahead-and-kill-my-abuser nod (his face is so stoney after being so animated at dinner) coupled with daniel's shaky little sign of relief (macchio is really the cutest when he looks scared).

it goes without saying that every johnny & miguel scene lives rent free in my HEART.

Will Anthony LaRusso ever be relevant?: anthony becomes relevant for one (1) episode next season when amanda and daniel finally get around to putting him up for adoption.

You live in The Valley and are forced into the karate gang war.  Which dojo do you join?:  i enter the cobra kai dojo decked out in all of my snake-themed clothing and jewelry (it's a lot). i approach kreese and explain to him that the open mouth of a snake, viewed head-on, is a yonic symbol. i am permanently banned from the cobra kai dojo.

(seriously though, assuming i'm a teen in this scenario i think i would have vibed with tory/miguel/aisha. dimitri and sam would have driven high school me up the fucking wall though. the cobra kai style looks like more fun/better exercise. do i also genuinely believe most young girls could actually benefit from someone yelling no mercy down their neck? maybe so 💖)

What’s your training montage song?:  50ft queenie - pj harvey (it takes place in the alison bechdel feminist karate dojo ofc)

It’s the crossover event of the century! Which TV show are you combining with Cobra Kai for an hour-long Saturday night special?: it's a full episode flashback to the time johnny got arrested in albuquerque, new mexico. johnny's court-appointed attorney is a weirdly hot babe who seems like a super straight laced killjoy at first, but soon reveals herself to be an unhinged woman. one thing leads to another, and johnny winds up in bed with her and her loser husband. there are lots of great themes about punitive justice, people's ability to change for the better (and worse), and what makes someone "good" or "bad" to begin with, but mostly it's just really hot sex. the husband tries to sell johnny a prepaid cellphone and johnny tell's him that cellphones are never gonna catch on, cause who want's to be bothered by people all the time like that?

better call saul. it's a better call saul crossover ep.

(fwiw think that greg 'hbo succession' hirsch should also be terry's cousin greg on the non-roy side. think about it--the roys are small people, but cousin greg is really tall?? and who else is really tall, and a blue eyed brunette to boot? terry silver. it all adds up! this never becomes relevant to the plot, in any case, i'm just considering it canon until the writers come to my house and explicitly tell me i'm wrong.)

Tagging: anyone who's interested 😘

[tellthemeerkatsitsfine]

Well, I thought Russell Howard’s Good News/The Russell Howard Hour would be something I’d watch a little at the time, at the same time as watching some of the shorter-running panel shows, over a few months. But then I started it and then I watched almost nothing else until I finished it and the whole thing in just over three weeks.

I just got so sucked into it, something about the enthusiasm of Russell Howard is rather addictive. I’ll admit it lost steam at the end; I enjoyed season 4 of The Russell Howard Hour less than previous seasons of both shows. Not to be the person who says annoying things like “He was better before he got really famous” or anything, but a lot of Russell Howard’s appeal was in the way he came off as more excitable than polished. That wanes a bit as he gets more experienced and starts to take on more of the role of a proper TV presenter who’s a stop on the publicity campaign of important people who’ve just written books.

But there was good stuff even in the most recent season of the most recent show. I really liked the life lessons segments and some of the interviews were great fun - John Oliver, Lady Leshurr, Kevin Bridges, Mo Gilligan, Greg Davies and Alex Horne, Brian Blessed, Rosie Jones, Richard Herring, and I even found Joel Dommett far more entertaining than I expected to. Oh, and the song that closed the final episode of season 4 was fucking great. And I do suspect that Russell Howard will be a lot of fun in anything he makes for the rest of this year, when he’s high on the excitement of the world coming back.

Anyway, that was a hell of a lot of Russell Howard in just a few weeks. I’m now going to go back to the Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience show that I put on hold when I decided to do nothing but watch Russell Howard for a few weeks. And The Mash Report. I’ll see just how much they took away when they canceled Nish Kumar.

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17 Curious Facts About Cincinnati’s Findlay Market

There Can Be Only One Findlay Market is the last remaining public market in Cincinnati, surviving the demise of eight other markets on Canal (1829-64), Court (1864-1914), Sixth (1829-1960), Pearl (1804-1934), Wade (1848-98), and Fifth (1829-70) streets, the Jabez Elliott Flower Market (1890-1950) and Farmers Wholesale Market (c. 1815-1967). Findlay Market is the oldest continuously operated public market in Ohio.

Hand-Me-Down Bell When the old Pearl Street Market was razed in 1934, its antique tower bell was salvaged and installed at Findlay Market. The bell is rung on the morning of each market day.

Not Just For Shopping Cincinnati’s public markets offered more than food. They were popular venues for political meetings, served as polling sites during elections, and rallying spots for volunteer militia during emergency musters.

A City And A Market Honor General Findlay The Market is named for James Findlay (1770 - 1835), who purchased a large plot of land in what was then unincorporated territory north of Cincinnati. Findlay was an early settler, pioneer merchant, two-time mayor, U.S. congressman, and general in the Ohio militia. During his service in the War of 1812, he built a military outpost named Fort Findlay in Hancock County, Ohio. The City of Findlay grew up around the fort.

Old Tippecanoe & Findlay William Henry Harrison campaigned for the U.S. Presidency twice, unsuccessfully in 1836 and successfully in 1840. During his campaigns, he established headquarters in Cincinnati at the home of his good friends, James and Jane Findlay, on the east side of Broadway, between Third and Fourth.

Remember The Ladies Although Findlay Market also memorializes the general’s wife, Jane Irwin Findlay (1769 - 1851), her biography does not appear on the historic marker at the intersection of Race and West Elder streets. It is likely that she had as much to do with creating Findlay Market as her esteemed husband. Construction on the market began almost immediately after her will was probated in 1852. Mrs. Findlay also had a brief but prominent role in United States history. When William Henry Harrison was elected president in 1840 his wife Anna was too ill to travel. Her place as acting first lady was filled by Harrison’s daughter-in-law, Jane Irwin Harrison, assisted by her aunt, Jane Irwin Findlay, who was then seventy-three.

What Street? Although early references call it the Findlay Street Market, the market is located, and always has been, in the middle of Elder Street. Findlay Street runs a block north of the market.

The Market Has Two Founding Dates The cornerstone of Findlay Market was installed in October 1852. Construction dragged on for years because of disputes with contractors and difficulties with the new and unfamiliar all-iron design. The market didn’t open for business until 23 February 1855.

Innovative Iron The Findlay Market building was designed by Alfred West Gilbert (1816-1900), a civil engineer who was the city’s official surveyor and a member of the Water Works board. Gilbert’s open-air pavilion  employed a durable but unconventional cast and wrought iron frame, but no walls. It was among the first buildings constructed in the United States with this method, and among the few that have survived.

Shop At Your Own Risk For its first 60 years, Findlay Market was only an open-air shed, with no plumbing or electricity. Meat hung in the breeze, exposed to dust and flies. Market butchers stored meat in nearby brewery tunnels or relied on delivered ice. Renovations in 1902 and 1915 enclosed the structure and introduced water, refrigeration and lighting.

Boss Cox’s Racket While running Cincinnati as his own private fiefdom, George Barnsdale Cox let no detail escape his clutches. He saw to it that his friends got great deals on Findlay Market stalls, which they could “sublet” to actual vendors at exorbitant rates.

Early Promotions In connection with renovations in 1915, the Findlay Market Improvement Association ran several promotional events. In one, a brand-new $2 bill was hidden somewhere among market displays as a prize for the first shopper to find it. The Association also sponsored a red-head day at Chester Park.

Findlay Market Was Late To The Parade Although Findlay Market is synonymous with Opening Day in Cincinnati, Greg Rhodes, Cincinnati Reds team historian, has documented that the parade preceded the market’s involvement by at least 30 years. The Cincinnati Reds marked their initial home game with a parade between 1890 and 1902. When the team pulled out, booster clubs stepped in to run an annual parade. Findlay Market was not involved until 1920.

Butchers Only Until the 1930s, only meat vendors were allowed to rent stalls inside the Findlay Market building. Everyone else, including vegetable dealers, purveyors of pickles and spices, the butter and egg men and the fishmongers, were restricted to outdoor spaces.

Unhappy Centennial In 1954, just after Findlay Market celebrated its 100th birthday, Cincinnati’s City Planning Commission staff recommended demolishing the historic market and replacing it with “ a modern shopping center with an adequate parking area in line with modern planning concepts.”

An Erstwhile Municipal Utility In 2004, the City of Cincinnati transferred management of the market to the non-profit Corporation for Findlay Market. For the previous 152 years, Findlay, like all other public markets in town, had been managed as a municipal service by Cincinnati’s city government.

Necessary Renovation Although Findlay Market has been upgraded, repaired and restored on several occasions, the 1974 make-over was more urgent than some of the others. After the official re-opening, marked by Governor John Gilligan cutting a ribbon of sausages, a reporter asked an architect if he had done anything to retain the old-fashioned flavor of the place. “I developed some mechanical rats,” he said, “to run across the floor to make the old folks feel at home.”

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Which CN Gen 2 family owns the most pairs of prescription glasses?

The Local Optometrist Makes Quite a Profit ‘round these Parts.

The Gilligan’s definitely.

Every one wears glasses (Abigail’s got reading glasses) but nobody can ever find the darn things so they end up having 4-5 pairs per person lying around the house. 

Seriously, have you tried looking for glasses when you don’t have your glasses on?

It’s a pain in the ass. 

On an individual level though?

Kaiden. KD always looses them and the amount of times both boy’s break them in fights is stupidly high in numbers. 

You know you are Kaiden’s friend if you are asked to keep a pair of his glasses on hand. 

Roman always has a set of his shades where as Jordan has 3-4 pairs of of his glasses.