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What to Watch on Netflix in June 2024: From Bridgerton to Sweet Tooth

As June 2024 approaches, Netflix is set to offer an exciting lineup of new and returning titles for its subscribers in the United States. From highly anticipated Netflix Originals to classic movies and new seasons of beloved series, there's something for everyone to look forward to. Keep this page bookmarked, as it will be continuously updated with the latest additions. Image: Netflix Here's a comprehensive look at what's coming to Netflix in June 2024: Coming to Netflix June 2024 (Date TBD) - 100 Days to Indy (Season 2): The racing series returns, diving deeper into the high-speed world of IndyCar. - The Loot and the Lost Kingdoms (2024): A Nollywood documentary exploring the stolen treasures of the Benin Empire. - The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse (Season 1: Part 2): New episodes of the popular anime series. What’s Coming to Netflix on June 1st, 2024 - 1917 (2019): Sam Mendes’s Oscar-winning World War I drama about two soldiers on a crucial mission. - 30 for 30: Once Brothers: A compelling sports documentary. - A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014): A comedy Western starring Seth MacFarlane. - Ali (2001): Will Smith stars as the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali. - Baby Boy (2001): Tyrese Gibson leads this drama about a young man facing life's challenges. - Black Clover (Season 3): The latest season of the hit anime series. - Cold Copy (2024): A gripping film starring Bel Powley and Jacob Tremblay about a journalist and her mentee. - Detective Pikachu (2019): The live-action Pokémon adventure featuring Justice Smith and Ryan Reynolds. - Divergent Movie Collection: All three films in the series - Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant. - Dune (1984): David Lynch’s classic sci-fi adaptation. - Flushed Away (2006): A charming animated film from Aardman Studios. - Heartland (Season 16): New episodes of the heartwarming Canadian drama. - Home (2015): An animated movie from DreamWorks. - Janky Promoters (2009): Comedy starring Ice Cube and Mike Epps. - Kicking & Screaming (2005): A family comedy with Will Ferrell. - Land of the Lost (2006): An adventure comedy starring Will Ferrell. - Lumberjack The Monster (2023): A thriller about a lawyer seeking revenge. - National Security (2003): An action comedy with Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn. - On the Basis of Sex (2018): The inspiring story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. - Pilecki’s Report (2023): A WWII drama about Captain Witold Pilecki. - S.W.A.T. (2003): Action-packed thriller. - Simon (2023): A drama about a young man fleeing oppression in Venezuela. - Strawberry Shortcake’s Summer Vacation (2024): Animated fun for kids. - Tangerine (2015): A drama about two trans sex workers in LA. - The Breakfast Club (1985): The iconic John Hughes film. - The Conjuring Movie Collection: All three films in the horror series. - The Devil’s Own (1997): A thriller with Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford. - The Lego Movie (2014): The beloved animated comedy. - Two Can Play At That Game (2001): A romantic comedy with Vivica A. Fox and Morris Chestnut. What’s Coming to Netflix on June 3rd - 30 for 30: Lance (Season 1) - 30 for 30: The Good, The Bad, The Hungry - 30 for 30: The Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius (Season 1) - 300: Rise of an Empire (2014): The epic action sequel. What’s Coming to Netflix on June 4th - Anti Hero (2024): A Japanese legal drama. - Ride on Time (New Episodes) - The Price of Nonna’s Inheritance (2024) Netflix Original: An Italian comedy. What’s Coming to Netflix on June 5th - How To Rob A Bank (2024) Netflix Original: A documentary about a master bank robber. - My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman (Season 5) Netflix Original: Featuring Miley Cyrus and Charles Barkley. - Under Paris (2024) Netflix Original: A French horror thriller. What’s Coming to Netflix on June 6th - Baki Hanma VS Kengan Ashura (2024) Netflix Original: An epic anime crossover. - Basma (2024) Netflix Original: A Saudi drama. What’s Coming to Netflix on June 7th - Hierarchy (Season 1) Netflix Original: A new Korean drama series. - Hit Man (2024) Netflix Original: Richard Linklater’s romantic comedy starring Glenn Powell and Adria Arjona. - Perfect Match (Season 2) Netflix Original: Reality series. What’s Coming to Netflix on June 8th - Wonder (2017): A heartwarming drama starring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson. What’s Coming to Netflix on June 11th - Keith Robinson: Different Strokes (2024) Netflix Original: Stand-up comedy special. - Tour De France: Unchained (Season 2) Netflix Original: Sports docu-series. What’s Coming to Netflix on June 12th - King of Collectibles: The Golden Touch (Season 2) Netflix Original - Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors (2024) Netflix Original What’s Coming to Netflix on June 13th - Bridgerton (Season 3 – Part 2) Netflix Original - Doctor Climax (Season 1) Netflix Original - LEGO Friends (Season 2): Animated series for kids. - Remembering Gene Wilder (2024): A documentary about the beloved actor. What’s Coming to Netflix on June 14th - Abang Adik (2023): A Malaysian neo-noir drama. - Forged in Fire (Season 14) - Joko Anwar’s Nightmares and Daydreams (Season 1) Netflix Original What’s Coming to Netflix on June 15th - Cold Case Files (Season 3) - Miss Night and Day (Season 1) Netflix Original What’s Coming to Netflix on June 16th - Welcome to Marwen (2018): A drama starring Steve Carell. What’s Coming to Netflix on June 17th - 30 for 30: June 17th, 1984 - Carol (2015): An LGBT drama directed by Todd Haynes. What’s Coming to Netflix on June 18th - Agents of Mystery (Season 1) Netflix Original - Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution (2024) Netflix Original What’s Coming to Netflix on June 19th - Black Barbie: A Documentary (2024) Netflix Original - Dexter (Seasons 1-8): The complete crime series starring Michael C. Hall. - Inheritance (2024) Netflix Original - Kleks Academy (2024) Netflix Original - The Lego Batman Movie (2017): Animated adventure. What’s Coming to Netflix on June 20th - AMERICA’S SWEETHEARTS: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Season 1) Netflix Original - The Accidental Twins (2024) Netflix Original What’s Coming to Netflix on June 21st - Aftersun (2021) - Gangs of Galicia (Season 1) Netflix Original - The Victim’s Game (Season 2) Netflix Original - Trigger Warning (2024) Netflix Original What’s Coming to Netflix on June 22nd - Rising Impact (Season 1) Netflix Original What’s Coming to Netflix on June 24th - Little Angel (Volume 5): Kids animated series. What’s Coming to Netflix on June 25th - Kaulitz & Kaulitz (Season 1) Netflix Original - The Flash (2023): DC superhero movie. What’s Coming to Netflix on June 26th - Worst Roommate Ever (Season 2) Netflix Original What’s Coming to Netflix on June 27th - Drawing Closer (2024) Netflix Original - Supacell (Season 1) Netflix Original - That 90s Show (Part 2) Netflix Original - Unicorn Academy (Chapter 2) Netflix Original What’s Coming to Netflix on June 28th - A Family Affair (2024) Netflix Original - Hoarders (Season 14) - Kota Factory (Season 3) Netflix Original - Oloture: The Journey (Season 1) Netflix Original - **Owning Manhattan (Season 1) Netflix Original** - The Mole (Season 2) Netflix Original - The Whirlwind (Season 1) Netflix Original - Savage Beauty (Season 2) Netflix Original What’s Coming to Netflix on June 30th - Alone (Season 10) - NCIS (Seasons 16-17) - The Smurfs (Season 2) There's a wide range of content to look forward to on Netflix this June, from new seasons of hit series like "Bridgerton" and "Sweet Tooth" to classic films and exciting new releases. What are you most excited to watch? 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#grantchester #sidney chambers #geordie keating #robson green #james norton #my gifs #this gif is so old and i never posted it #THEM #cricket ep #and simon harrison guest star

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starrybluez · 3 years

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Thank you @music-on-canvas for the tag 💙

Build your perfect band! (tag game)

choose something for every category by recombining elements of different existing bands or musicians to create the perfect band according to your preferences.

This was tough, because I don't think I'd want to change anything about my faves: Duran & Wings but here goes...

Number of Band Members: 5

Band Name: "The...Duran Monkees"! 🐒 (I'm sorry this is already sounding bad) Alright how about "Hodge-Podge"! 😂🙈 No I'll go with "Duran Stardust". I guess. 🤨

Band Members (1 per Instrument): lead singer - David Bowie, guitarist - Jimmy Page, bassist - John Taylor, drummer - Tony Thompson, piano/keyboards & backing vocals - Paul McCartney

Additional Background Vocals: Ella Fitzgerald, Tina Turner, Annie Lennox (background...who am I kidding...they'd out-sing all the dudes in the band like they always do. Okay so maybe it'll be 8 band members). Guest Vocalists: Madonna, (80s-90s era) Prince, Simon Le Bon, George Michael, Jimi Hendrix

Decade: 70s - 80s

Instruments: acoustic guitar, drums, bass, electric guitar, rhythm guitar, sitar (guest starring George Harrison & Ravi Shankar), synthesizer, piano, harpsichord, flute (guest starring Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull), violin (guest starring Sharon Corr from The Corrs) and some other random instruments

Singer's voice like: David Bowie/Jim Morrison/Paul McCartney/Greg Lake/Simon Le Bon (feeling indecisive again)

Genre(s): rock, pop, glam rock, prog rock, folk rock, synth pop, jazz

Album Cover: (I know it's a Madonna album but I was really wowed by this album art)

Album Title: Cosmic Station

Song Title: Sing Blue Silver Moon

Style of Songs: So Glad To See You Here - Paul McCartney, Wings (and more), Heart Of The Sunrise - Yes, New Religion - Duran Duran

Clothing Style: glam rock, new romantic, 80's glam, bright colors, 60's & 70's prints, or just breaking into John Taylor's wardrobe.

I don't know if I did this right or if it turned out quite the way I was expecting. Tagging (no pressure): @discreetmusic @duranarchy-in-the-uk @fatal-plastic-kiss @tiggertaylor @wonhakwoon @medazzabon @musicacuantica @slashscowboyboots @astarrynightinparis and anyone else who feels like it. It was a bit of a challenge, but fun!

*pls don't reblog because of reasonable reasons

#tag games #music #bands #genres #etc #just yell at me if you want me to stop tagging you #or yell at me if you actually do want me to tag you idk...

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papermoonloveslucy · 4 years

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A WOMAN OF DISTINCTION

March 16, 1950

Directed by Edward N. Buzzell

Produced by Buddy Adler for Columbia Pictures

Written by Charles Hoffman; additional dialogue by Frank Tashlin; story by Ian McLellan Hunt and Hugo Butler

Synopsis ~ College dean Susan Middlecott thinks there's no room in her life for romance until she meets Professor Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, who is in possession of a keepsake of Susan's that he wants to return. Desperate for publicity, lecture bureau press agent Teddy Evans magnifies this into a great romance. The efforts of both dignified principals to quash the story have the opposite effect.

PRINCIPAL CAST

Rosalind Russell (Susan Middlecott) is probably best remembered as Auntie Mame, a role she played on Broadway and in the film and a role Lucille Ball would film in the 1974 musical version of the play. She was nominated for four Oscars. This is her only appearance with Lucille Ball.

Edmund Gwenn (Mark Middlecott) is probably best remembered for playing Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street (1947), which also featured William Frawley. He won an Oscar in 1951 for Mister 888. This is his only appearance with Lucille Ball.

Ray Milland (Alec Stevenson) won a 1945 Oscar for The Lost Weekend. This is his only appearance with Lucille Ball.

Janis Carter (Teddy Evans) also appeared with Lucille Ball in Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949).

Mary Jane Saunders (Louisa) was a seven year-old child actor who also appeared with Lucille Ball in 1949′s Sorrowful Jones.

Francis Lederer (Paul Simone) makes his only appearance with Lucille Ball.

Jerome Courtland (Jerome) makes his only appearance with Lucille Ball.

UNCREDITED CAST

Lucille Ball (as Lucille Ball) plays herself in a cameo appearance in her 73rd motion picture. Leaving an airplane holding a lapdog, movie star Lucille Ball stops to pose for photographs.

Gale Gordon (Station Clerk) was Lucille Ball’s co-star in every one of her radio and television shows: Rudolph Atterbury on “My Favorite Husband,” Alvin Littlefield on “I Love Lucy,” Theodore J. Mooney on “The Lucy Show,” Harrison Otis Carter on “Here’s Lucy,” and Curtis McGibbon on “Life With Lucy.” Whether bellowing or turning a cartwheel, he was Lucy’s perfect comic foil!

Gail Bonney (Woman) also appeared with Lucille Ball in The Fuller Brush Girl (1950). She re-teamed with Lucy in as Mr. Hudson in “The Amateur Hour” in 192, a 1965 episode of "The Lucy Show”, and a 1968 episode of "Here’s Lucy.”

Harry Cheshire (Stewart) also appeared with Lucille Ball in Her Husband’s Affairs (1947), and Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949). He played oil tycoon Sam Johnson in “Oil Wells” (1954). Mary Ellen Kay (Background Performer) later played Mrs. Taylor, who rents the Ricardo apartment in “Lucy Hates to Leave” (1957).

Norman Leavitt (Earl, Hotel Desk Clerk) also appeared with Lucille Ball in The Long, Long Trailer (1953). He made three appearances on the “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” after which he was in The Facts of Life (1960) and two episodes of "The Lucy Show.”

William Newell (Bartender) played the Nome hotel desk clerk in “Lucy Goes To Alaska” an episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” featuring Red Skelton.

Hans Moebus (Background Performer) was a German-born actor who appeared as an uncredited background performer in hundreds of movies and TV shows, including the Lucille Ball films DuBarry Was a Lady (1943), and The Facts of Life (1960). On “I Love Lucy,” Moebus was seen in “Bon Voyage” also in two episodes of “The Lucy Show.”

Reporters: Larry Barton, Richard Bartell, Harry Strang, Donald Kerr, Charles Jordan, Ted Jordan

Members: Lelah Tyler, Mira McKinney

Conductors: William E. Green, Robert Malcolm

Alex Gerry (Herman Pomeroy) Charles Evans (Dr. McFall) Charlotte Wynters (Miss Withers) Clifton Young (Chet) Jean Willes (Pearl) Wanda McKay (Merle) Elizabeth Flournoy (Laura) Harry Tyler (Charlie) Harry Harvey, Jr. (Joe) Maxine Gates (Goldie) Walter Sande (Officer) Marie Blake (Wax Operator) Napoleon Whiting (Porter) John Smith (Boy) Charles Trowbridge (Jewelry Salesman) Dudley Dickerson (Waiter) Lucille Browne (Manicurist) Lois Hall (Stewardess) Myron Healey (Cameraman) Edward Keane (Sergeant)

TRIVIA OF DISTINCTION

In Spain the film was titled The Teacher’s Scandals.

"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 23, 1950 with Rosalind Russell reprising her film role. Coincidentally, Lucille Ball took over for Rosalind Russell when Screen Directors Radio Playhouse presented “A Foreign Affair” in March 1951.

Rosalind Russell and her husband Fred Brisson were in the studio audience the night “I Love Lucy” filmed “Be A Pal” on September 21, 1951.

Eddie Buzzell also directed Lucille Ball in Best Foot Forward (1943) and Easy to Wed (1946). His name was mentioned as a going away party guest in “Drafted” (ILL S1;E11).

#A Woman of Distinction #Lucille Ball #Rosalind Russell #Edmund Gwenn #Ray Milland #Gale Gordon #Eddie Buzzell

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typingtess · 4 years

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NCIS: Los Angeles Season Eleven Rewatch: “A Bloody Brilliant Plan”

The basics: Two reformed British criminals enlist NCIS’s help in retrieving a kidnapped young woman.

Written by: Terence Nightingall, Kate D. Martin and Frank Military. Teleplay by: Frank Military.

This is both Nightingall's and Martin's first script.

Frank Military wrote/co-wrote "Little Angels", "Deliverance", "Lockup", "The Job", "Greed", "Betrayal", "Crimeleon", "Vengeance", "Out of the Past" Part One, "Rude Awakenings" Part Two, season four’s finale "Descent", season five’s premiere "Ascension", "Allegiance", "Spoils of War" (which he directed), "Black Budget", SEAL Hunter", "Rage" (which he directed), "Unspoken", "Unlocked Mind", "Revenge Deferred", "The Seventh Child", "Crazy Train", "Uncaged" (which he directed), "The Silo", "Monster", "Line in the Sand" (which he directed), season ten opener "To Live and Die in Mexico" (which he directed), "The Patton Project", "Better Angels" and "False Flag" (the season 11 finale).

Directed by: Terence Nightingall directed "Expiration Date", "Old Tricks", "Warrior of Peace" and "The Sound of Silence".

Guest stars of note: Medalion Rahimi returns from “Let Fate Decide” as NCIS Special Agent Fatima Namazi, Melise is back from “Liabilities” as Jennifer Kim, Vinnie Jones as Ricky Dorsey, Steve Valentine as Frankie Bolton, Marc Crumpton as Albert Goshman, Joss Glennie-Smith as Michael Giger, Simon Kim as Seok Nahng, Adam Blake as Steve McMillian, K. Harrison Sweeney as Micky, Stephen Marcus as Andy Green, Angus Benfield as Willie "Super Fat" Hollingsworth and Jessica Erin Martin as Angela Dorsey.

Our heroes: Star in a Guy Ritchie movie.

What important things did we learn about:

Callen: Dressed as a clown for a Halloween party. Sam: Not terrified of clowns, just doesn’t like them. Kensi: Snipering with ease. Deeks: On the outside of his snipering comfort zone. Eric: Not around. Nell: See Eric. Hetty: While absent, plying bad guys with whiskey.

What not so important things did we learn about:

Callen: From Deptford. Sam: Family is from Peckham. Kensi: A Bromley twist-and-twirl. Deeks: Croydon. Eric: See Nell. Nell: Not around. Hetty: Absent.

Who's down with OTP: They are snipering together.

Who's down with BrOTP: Sam and Callen are fine but I loved the friendship and respect Ricky and Frankie shared. True ride or die guys.

Any pressing need for a young FBI Agent: Not unless he could translate British English into SoCal English.

Who is running the team this week? Fans of British Cinema.

Fashion review: Blue checkered buttoned-down shirt for Callen. Sam wears a dark-blue, long sleeve tee-shirt. Kensi is wearing a grey-tee shirt. Deeks has blue tee. At the poker mansion, Callen is in medium blue suit, white dress-shirt with a blue tie and a tie clip. Sam is wearing a red non-suit suit with a black tee. Kensi is in a black, sleeveless, sequence gown. Deeks is wearing a dark blue, pinstripe suit with a cornflower blue polo that has white piping on the collar.

Music: “Green Onions” by Booker T and the MG’s is playing as Ricky sets up the undercover identities. “Every Trick in the Book” by The Allergies is playing in the pub at the end.

Any notable cut scene: No but I was hoping there would be a behind the scenes piece for this episode. There wasn’t.

Quote: Rick: “They spotted the old bill.” Callen: “English?” Frankie: “We invented English. It is our language. We can do with it what we want.”

Runner up: Sam: “Enough of the rhyming. I hate rhyming.” LL Cool J hates rhyming – you saw it here first.

Anything else: The previously-s are Granger promising to help Jennifer Kim on the Santa Monica Pier, Jennifer working with Callen and Sam, Granger apologizing for not being around as Jennifer’s father.

In Hampstead Heath, England, four men exit a SUV outside a fancy home. Two are wearing ski-masks. The man without the mask, a Mr. Cooper, is taken to the door and ordered to turn off his burglar alarm. Also, if Cooper types in teh panic code, the police will learn about everything Cooper has inside his home. Cooper thinks his captor’s breath smells like cat pee.

Inside the home, Cooper is ordered to open the safe. As a warn to his captors, Cooper promises to kill their families and their pets if he learns their identies. The fellow running the show threatens to blow off Cooper’s head but that won’t get teh safe opened. A threat to amputate finger and then other more delicate places makes Cooper a bit more cooperative. There are bars of gold in the safe. The three men leave with duffles filled with the gold bars.

Traveling to the Royal Air Force Base Lakenheath in England, the thieves are all dress members of the English Air Force. In an airplane hanger are coffins draped with US flags. The gold bars are going into an empty coffin before being sent to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. A man in a dark suit and a hearse is there for the special coffin.

The hearse and its driver wind up in a garage where a large man is grilling. The driver turns over the casket and wants a meet set up. The man grilling is surprised to see the gold bars – didn’t think the man in the dark suit and his associates could pull it off. He has a buddy mocking the man in the suit. The man grilling does as well.

The man in the dark suit gets a phone call from Frankie, the leader of the thieves in London. Frankie will be in LA in 16-hours. They are going to get the man in the suit’s “girl” back. While the call is going on, the griller – Andy – is mocking the man in the suit. He asks Frankie to remind him to kill Andy when they’ve everything is wrapped up.

Sam and Kensi are waiting in the Challenger – Deeks’s CI gave them the location of a buy. Kensi points out the minivan they were told would be there. Sam is a little out of sorts – Kensi asks if he wants to talk about it. Sam doesn’t know what to talk about. Kensi suggests why she is working with Sam while Callen is “forced to work with Deeks today.” Sam is angry that Callen showed up at a Halloween party they both attended dressed as a clown. Sam doesn’t like clowns. When Callen showed up to work wearing a clown nose that day, Sam thought it was best if Callen annoyed Deeks instead. Callen has lost his Hellcat privileges, according to Sam.

Kensi laughs at the concept of Hellcat privileges until she realizes that Sam thinks riding in the Hellcat is truly a privilege. Callen and Deeks facetime Sam wearing clown noses, wondering if they should pick up the people in the minivan. Amused, then suddenly serious, Kensi calls Callen and Deeks disrespectful – asks if he wants her to talk to Callen and Deeks. Kensi of course, is also wearing a clown nose. Sam remains unamused.

The minivan leaves with Sam and Kensi in in tow. Callen and Deeks are in the big black SUV, cutting off the minivan. Inside are Frankie, the man who picked up the coffin, Andy and his buddy. Inside the trunk is nothing. Andy’s buddy was Deeks’s informant. Whatever he promised Deeks was not in the back of the minivan.

In a very talky but entertaining bit of exposition, the two men - Frankie and friend Ricky (the man in the suit) - explain that Andy the griller was their boss years ago but now is helping with a problem. The men wouldn’t mind a spot of tea, either. When not grilling, Andy is an arms dealer who stole the MAHEM weapons system. MAHEM shoots molten metal into armored vehicles. The two men think the weapon sounds “very Star Wars-y.” NCIS thought the weapon would be in the van. Ricky and Frankie can’t help so Callen and Sam hope they enjoy the next 15-years in jail.

Ricky would like NCIS to help him. He starts cooperating. Andy stole the MAHEM system but was looking for far more money than anyone was willing to pay. Ricky was approached by a man named Steve McMillian. McMillian wanted Ricky to get Andy to lower his price. Ricky has been out of the crime business for years – he’s reformed, changed his life. After Ricky turned him down, Rick’s daughter Angela was kidnapped. Ricky told Andy to sell the system – Ricky would make up the price difference.

Frankie jumps in. He “acquired” the necessary funds from a despicable criminal in London and shipped the funds to the US. Frankie joined Ricky in LA and traveled to Santa Clarita to drop off the weapon system and that’s where NCIS “jaspered the whole thing.” NCIS’s involvement had McMillian’s people run and Ricky still doesn’t have his daughter.

Fatima comes on comms with a British accent. Callen and Sam are not amused. Sam is also not aware it is Fatima – he thinks it Nell (who is visiting her Mom). Callen wonders why does everyone in Ops pretend to have an accent. Sam wants to know what Scotland Yard told Fatima but without the accent. Ricky and Frankie were criminals but have been clean for years. Frankie even volunteers at a hospital. Andy Green, the arms dealer, is wanted for a long list of crimes, including murder. The British government wants him extradited right away.

Kensi and Deeks arrive. They see Ricky and Frankie as good guys who made bad decisions for the right reasons. Micky, Deeks’s informant and Andy’s buddy, is a complete idiot according to Deeks. He confused the weapons drop location with the kidnapping drop. Deeks starts dropping into an English accent, much to Callen and Sam’s dismay. Ricky really doesn’t care what happens to him – he just wants his daughter back.

Ricky thinks if they are going to get MAHEM and his daughter back, Steve McMillian is the place to start. Fatima finds a Steve McMillian she thinks could be the right guy and Ricky confirms it is. Frankie thinks Fatima is the name of NCIS’s supercomputer – like Alexa and Siri. Callen won’t confirm or deny. Kensi and Deeks are going with Ricky and Frankie to see McMillian. Now Kensi has an English accent and Callen is really not amused.

In the Chevy Excursion SUV, Deeks drives with Kensi in the front seat, Ricky and Frankie in the back. Deeks approaches McMillian’s house only to see the door forced opened. He enters with Kensi – is leaving Ricky and Frankie outside to their own devices a good idea – and finds McMilian shot and bleeding out on his living room rug. Kensi asks McMillian who shot him. “Bottoms” is the answer just before McMillian expires.

Home security shows McMillian opening the door to a man he seemed to know only to be pushed into the residence with several men in hoodies following. McMillian grabbed the man at the door’s throat – he should have DNA of his attacker under his fingernails. Using McMillian’s GPS, Fatima found he regularly visited a home in Lake Sherwood. Sam thinks it looks like a rock star’s mansion.

Kensi shows the mansion to Ricky and Frankie. Ricky doesn’t recognize the place but Frankie does. It is owned by “Super Fat” Willie who runs a big poker game every day. There are five or six tables going at any time and all the players are British. There is no way the team can just pull up and ask questions. Kensi mentions “Bottoms”. Deeks thinks that’s the name of an arms dealer. Frankie disagrees – it could be a card player/cheater, someone who deals from the bottom of the deck. Frankie was a card cheat – “a damn fine one” – he knows things. Deeks thinks this is great – they all go to the house, Frankie spots the card cheat and they have the killer. It doesn’t work that way, Frankie explains. British citizens only. Deeks thinks they can pass – he’s seen “Mary Poppins”. Ricky doesn’t think looking like a skateboarder is going to get Deeks in.

In a terrific montage, Ricky explains that everyone’s look, jewelry and mannerisms have to be right. Callen is from Deptford, Sam is from Peckham, Kensi is a Bromley twist and twirl (a girl) while Deeks is from Croydon. Everything matters here – the jewelry, the cologne, the clothes are all specific from their fake hometowns. The vehicles they drive also have to be fine British cars. Kensi and Deeks arrive as a couple followed by Callen, Sam, Ricky and Frankie.

Super Fat Willie acts as a matre’d – assigning Kensi and Deeks to one table, Sam to a second and Callen a third. Ricky is moved to the back while Frankie floats over to Callen. Frankie notices right away that their dealer is dealing from the bottom of the pile. Franke winds up winning his hand. Callen walks away, Frankie takes his winnings and moves to the bar.

Ricky approaches Frankie. Frankie misses the life a little. Ricky talks him down. The dealer at Callen and Frankie’s table was cheating with help from the player at his immediate right. Looking around, however, Frankie sees a lot of people cheating. He wonders if this is nothing more than one big con being run by Super Fat Willie. When Callen’s dealer steps out for a smoke, Callen and Sam follow. The dealer is Michael Giger and he tells Callen and Sam, who have identified themselves as NCIS, that he doesn’t know Steven McMillian.

Joining Kensi and Deeks, Frankie notices immediately that their dealer is also working from the bottom of the deck. He’s also not nearly as smooth as the first dealer. Under the table, Kensi is working her foot up the dealer’s leg. She leaves and the dealer asks to be relieved. The dealer follows Kensi up to a bedroom in the mansion. Deeks pulls up the rear. In the bedroom, the second dealer doesn’t recall knowing Steve McMillian. While Callen and Sam are questioning their dealer and Kensi and Deeks are questioning theirs, a fight breaks out in the cards room. It seems Frankie was cheating – “it’s like a reflex.”

Both the dealers accuse the other of being “Bottoms”. Ricky wants to beat the truth of them. He’s happy to show Deeks how if someone has a crowbar. They dealers are off to the boat shed. Frankie approves – there are likely more crowbars and hammers there. Frankie even mentions a dentist drill. Good thing Deeks is putting one of the dealers in a car when that suggestion was made.

Fatima tells Callen and Sam that the FBI found DNA on Steve McMilian. Callen is worried about search warrants and time – they need to get the DNA from the dealers now. Irish whiskey is suggested by Frankie.

At the boat shed, Callen brings in the whiskey, courtesy of Hetty. He explains that they aren’t in all that much trouble and the dealers both enjoy a glass. Callen pours seconds just before Kensi arrives to announce last call. She bags and tags the dealers’ cups. Sam explains the wonderful world of DNA to the men.

A few hours later, Deeks arrives with the results. Sam takes Callen’s dealer to interrogation downstairs while Callen and Deeks handle the other dealer. Both dealers are being sold the same story – their DNA matches the DNA found on Steve McMillan’s body. Kensi and Deeks’s dealer let the killers into McMillan’s home. The dealer’s brother was threatened by a group of North Koreans. Callen and Deeks share a glance before Ricky breaks in. He’s ready to kill the dealer but the dealer is like Ricky – had a family member threatened. Sam knows someone with a background in North Korean spies. The dealer who was threatened is going to sit with a sketch artist to see if they can figure out who it is.

Kensi brings Jennifer Kim to the boat shed. She is doing well in the country. Even tried her hand at gardening until everything turned yellow and died. Frankie suggests composting – as an Englishman, he knows gardening. After bringing Jennifer up to speed about Ricky’s daughter Angela and the MAHEM weapon, she is shown the sketch of the man who killed McMillian. She recognizes Seok Nahng – he’s in the US under one of a dozen alias. If they want her help, Jennifer needs a deal – she needs to speak to them in private. In interrogation, Jennfier isn’t looking a deal, she was looking for some privacy. Angela is likely dead and if she’s not, she is going to wish she was. Nahng is a skilled torturer.

Since moving the MAHEM weapons system is too risky (and difficult), North Korea likely has engineers in LA learning everything they can about the weapon. They will take it apart, download all the computer codes. The spies won’t have to worry about transport the weapon if they know how it is built and how the computer internals work. The North Koreans don’t one weapon, they want hundreds.

Fatima pops up on the boat shed plasma. Frankie thinks she’s a virtual image created by the NCIS supercomputer. Nahng has two U.S passports, one as Michael Lee and one as Michael Park. Michael Park has a cell phone that is sitting Chevy Tahoe that is parked outside a warehouse in Pacoima. The team is on their way.

The team enters the warehouse but it is largely empty. There are remnants of what is likely one of the weapons system’s computers is on a work table. The cell phone was a set up to get the team to the warehouse. Sam realizes the North Koreans knew they were coming.

Tracing Nahng’s other cell phone, Fatima found a call made from Super Fat Willie’s phone. Only that call was made at the boat shed. That makes no sense to Fatima so she calls Super Fat’s phone. It rings in Ricky’s jacket pocket. Ricky stole the phone from Super Fat during the fight. Ricky thought he could save his daughter by tipping Nahng off. He agreed to trade Jennifer Kim for his daughter. North Korea wants their traitor spy back. And since Ricky tipped them off to NCIS’s movements, he’s earned some trust. Frankie thinks it is a bloody, brilliant plan.

Jennifer does not think it is a bloody, brilliant plan. She’s furious at NCIS but believes they were in the dark. North Korea wants her dead. Ricky tries to explain that Angela is a true innocent. Everything changed the day she was born. But he doesn’t think NCIS cares about Angela – only the weapons system. Sam fights back – they have been trying to save his daughter but Ricky made his own deal and one that is outside the normal risk. Ricky wants to know who is at risk besides Angela. Jennifer answers – she’s at risk.

The team is going to the meet and try to bluff that Jennifer is available to be traded. If they can’t get Angela, at least they can arrest Nahng. Jennifer wants to know how involved Ricky was with Angela’s life. Telling Jennifer he was in prison when Angela was born, Ricky first saw her at seven-months old and was with her every day after he was out of prison until she left for college. She’s the reason he’s a reformed criminal.

Nahng calls. He puts a crying Angela on the phone. When Nahng returns, he give Ricky an airplane hanger for the swap – Angela for Jennifer. Anyone else shows up, Angela dies. The swap is at a small airport in San Bernadino. The idea is to make the exchange and leave the country. Callen wants the REACT team a mile out. They will all barely get to the airport in time for the swap. Sam asks Fatima to call the FBI and have them monitor all aircraft in and out of the airport. Standing, Jennifer Kim agrees to help.

The airport should look familiar to Jennifer Kim since it looks like the Salt Lake City airport where Granger picked her up. Also looks like the airport where Spencer Williams sold guns to ATF. Deeks and Thapa may have been there too in “Frozen Lake”. Anyway, Jennifer agrees to be cuffed and walks toward the North Koreans. Feigning a struggle, Ricky thanks Jennifer. Jennifer tells Ricky he was always there for his daughter, unlike her father. “You did good, Ricky.”

Four men in a pick-up truck pull up. One is riding outside in the truck bed. Kensi has the truck in her sniper’s scope. Deeks has the FBI waiting – if the plane starts to take off, they’ll put firetrucks on the runway. Kensi can’t see Angela in the truck. Nahng leaves the truck, telling Jennifer it is time to go home. Ricky wants his daughter. After Nahng has Jennifer, then he’ll tell Ricky where he can pick up his daughter. Ricky walks, talking Jennifer with him. Nahng sees that Jennifer is handcuffed as they move away. Nahng calls them back – Angela is in the bed of the truck.

Deeks is set up with a long gun but thinks the “this is a long shot for me.” He is focused on one of Nahng’s bodyguards. Kensi is read to shoot the body guard holding Angela. That leaves Jennifer with Nahng. Jennifer starts making her way to Nahng but her handcuffs are now off. She also has a weapon. Jennifer is not moving quickly enough for Kensi to fire. When Nahng threatens to kill Jennifer on the spot, Kensi tells the team to “execute” and the shooting begins.

Kensi takes out the guard with the gun pointed at Angela. Jennifer does the same to Nahgn. Deeks misses his target initially, allowing the man to get off two shots – one hitting Ricky, one hitting Jennifer – before Deeks takes him down.

Angela races to her father as Callen and Sam arrive. Kensi notices one of Nahgn’s injured men was about to shoot Angela so she takes him down. Ricky had on a bulletproof vest but was shot in the shoulder. Jennifer’s bulletproof vest to the bullet intended for her. She’s has the breath knocked out of her but she’s fine.

In a British-style pub, Callen tells Jennifer that the MAHEM weapon was retrieved. After all she did today, Callen wants Jennifer moved to witness protection. No more guards, back to living a normal life. Jennifer explained that while she was working as a spy, she truly believed she was doing the right thing. After today, saving Angela and bringing her home to her father, she was doing a good thing – it defines who she is. Callen thinks she’s Granger’s daughter. The two talk about estranged fathers who aren’t bad men, just aren’t around.

Ricky arrives at the pub – he escaped the hospital. Angela and Frankie are with him. The group toasts to tough guys, fathers, daughters, old criminals, friends and the little gangster in all of them.

What head canon can be formed from here: The idea of doing a really different episode once a season is interesting, especially when it is this well done. CSI use to have an episode like this every season – the corpses in autopsy would review their unfortunate demises, the story was told from the point of view of the criminal. Some worked, some didn’t. But it was a nice way to mix things up. The high quality guest stars – Vinny Jones and Steve Valentine were excellent choices

I think this episode was wonderful. Wouldn’t want it every week but it was a treat.

Episode number: Episode 246 – nice round numbers. Episode six of season 11.

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The American black comedy crime thriller A Simple Favor was released in 2018, and its cast members in it are extremely recognizable. The film, directed by Paul Feig from a screenplay written by Jessica Sharzer, is a suspenseful story based on the 2017 novel of the same name, written by Darcey Bell. The movie stars Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick in the main roles, among other notable actors in supporting roles. The plot centers on a small-town video blogger who attempts to solve the mystery behind her friend's disappearance.

A Simple Favor was released by Lionsgate, and the movie garnered critical praise upon its theatrical release. Most critics praised the chemistry of the ensemble cast, and also wrote enthusiastically about the movie's shocking plot twists and turns. The film ended up making $5.9 million on its first day alone, and grossed a total of $97 million worldwide, on a budget of only $20 million.

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Indeed, the movie has an impressive cast led by its main stars, Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick. Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, and Linda Cardellini are some of the supporting cast members, as well as Jean Smart, Rupert friend, Eric Johnson, and Dustin Milligan, among other actors.

Blake Lively takes on the role of Emily Nelson, Hope McLanden, and Faith McLanden in A Simple Favor, and her character's life is the most interesting part of the film. Viewers know Lively from teen movies The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Accepted, Simon Says, and other early-aughts flicks. Later, she appeared in movies ranging from New York, I Love You to The Town to superhero flick Green Lantern, which she starred in alongside her future husband Ryan Reynolds. In more recent years, Lively has appeared in The Age of Adaline, The Shallows, Café Society, and All I See Is You.

Following her success with A Simple Favor, Lively starred in the movie The Rhythm Section in 2020 alongside actors Jude Law and Sterling K. Brown. The movie follows a grieving woman who goes on a destructive path for revenge after learning that the plane crash that killed her family was actually a terrorist attack. To date, that is Lively's most recent role. From 2007 - 2012, of course, Lively starred as Serena van Der Woodsen in the hit show Gossip Girl, for which she won several accolades.

Like Lively, actress Anna Kendrick, who portrays Stephanie Smothers in A Simple Favor, has been working in Hollywood for several years. She first became a familiar face for her role as Jessica Stanley in the Twilight movies. Following the franchise's end, Kendrick began to take on different roles. She played Natalie Keener in Up In The Air, Janet Taylor in End of Watch and voiced Courtney Babock in ParaNorman. In 2012, Kendrick reached full stardom for playing Becca Mitchell in the popular movie Pitch Perfect. After that, Kendrick appeared in a slew of movies from 2013 until A Simple Favor in 2018, including What to Expect When You're Expecting, Drinking Buddies, Cake, Into the Woods, the two Pitch Perfect sequels, and The Accountant. She also appeared in the movies Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates and voiced a character in Trolls.

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Following her turn as Stephanie in A Simple Favor, Kendrick played Kendra Glack in the 2019 movie The Day Shall Come and portrayed Noelle Kringle in the holiday movie Noelle, released the same year. She also reprised her role in Trolls for the movie's 2020 sequel.

Andre Rannells, who plays Darren in A Simple Favor, began his career in television. He voiced characters on children's shows, like Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh!, as a kid, and the early aughts also saw his break into theater. He had numerous roles on the stage, and in 2011 played Elder Kevin Price in The Book of Mormon as an original cast member. From 2014 - 2018, he also had roles in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hamilton, Falsettos, and The Boys in the Band.

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Rannells became a familiar face on the screen when he joined the cast of Girls from 2012 - 2017, playing Elijah Krantz in 35 episodes. This role led him to other television parts, including Bryan Collins in The New Normal and Frazier H. Wingo in The Knick, as well as guest appearances in hit shows like How I Met Your Mother and Glee. He also had voice roles in the shows Sofia the First, Welcome to the Wayne, and Vampirina. Most notably, in 2017 Rannells joined the cast of Big Mouth. He continues to play that role into 2021, as well as continues to make occasional guest appearances on other shows. In terms of film — Rannell's most recent roles were in the 2020 films The Boys in the Band, The Prom, and The Stand In. And before appearing in 2018's A Simple Favor, he had parts in 2016's Why Him? and 2015's The Intern.

Linda Cardellini plays the part of Diana Hyland in A Simple Favor. Cardellini first became a household name in 1999, when she starred as Lindsay Weir in the cult television series Freaks and Geeks. That wasn't her first time in a series, though; throughout the late 1990s, she appeared in shows like Bone Chillers, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Clueless, Step by Step, Promised Land, Kenan & Kel, and Boy Meets World, among other programs.

Post-Freaks and Geeks, Cardellini continued her career in TV, appearing as Samantha Taggart in ER as Bliss Goode and Shelly in The Goode Family. She also had turns in popular shows like Gravity Falls, Mad Men, and New Girl, and took on the serious role of Meg Rayburn in 2015 for 33 episodes of Bloodline. In 2019, Cardellini began portraying Judy Hale in the Netflix series Dead to Me, opposite Christina Applegate.

Related: Why Freaks and Geeks Was Cancelled After One Season

Of course, many movie watchers know Cardellini's likeness from feature films. She appeared as Chutney Wyndham in Legally Blonde, and famously portrayed Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo and its sequel. Cardellini also had parts in Brokeback Mountain, The Lazarus Project, Kill the Irishman, and Daddy's Home and its sequel. Superhero movie fans know Cardellini as Laura Barton, the wife of Clint Barton aka Hawkeye in Avengers: Age of Ultron and Avengers: Endgame. And Cardellini has also starred in critically acclaimed films like Green Book, in which she played Dolores. In 2020, Cardellini portrayed Mae Capone in the movie Capone.

Actor Henry Golding portrays Sean Townsend in A Simple Favor. Golding has been a presenter on BBC's The Travel Show since 2014. Today's movie watchers primarily know him for playing the role of Nick Young in the hit 2018 movie Crazy Rich Asians, for which he won a Teen Choice Award. He also took on the role of Tom in the recent 2019 romantic-comedy holiday flick Last Christmas. Some lesser-known movies Townsend has appeared in include Pisau Cukur, Monsoon, and The Gentlemen. His most recent project is Snake Eyes, which is in post-production. In addition to being a longtime host on BBC's travel show, Golding has hosted shows including Football Crazy, Welcome to the Railworld Japan, and Surviving Borneo.

Jean Smart, who played Margaret McLanden in A Simple Favor, is most known for playing Lana Gardner on the NBC sitcom Frasier - a role for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards. She started her impressive acting career in both film and television in the late 1970s. Some of the notable movies she's appeared in include Piaf, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, Snow Day, Sweet Home Alabama, Garden State, Life As We Know It, The Accountant, and, most recently, Superintelligence.

Related: Blake Lively & Michiel Huisman Talk 'Age of Adaline' Science, Harrison Ford & More

Smart has also appeared in television shows other than Fraiser throughout her career. She voiced Helen Ventrix in an episode of Batman: The Animated Series, played Sally Brewton in three episodes of Scarlett, and played Elinore "Ellie" Walker for 13 episodes of High Society. She also gained recognition for playing Martha Logan, the First Lady, in the show 24, and for portraying Regina Newly in 35 episodes of Samantha Who?

Smart was in numerous other television series up until her turn in A Simple Favor, and also appeared in small guest roles in popular shows like Halt and Catch Fire and The McCarthys. In more recent years, Smart portrayed Floyd Gerhardt in Fargo and Melanie Bird in Legion, as well as Arlane Hart in Dirty John, Mimi in Arrested Development, and series regular Agent Laurie Blake in Watchmen.

Rupert Friend played Dennis Nylon in A Simple Favor. The actor began his career with the 2004 movie The Libertine. He first became a familiar face when he took on the role of Mr. Wickham in Pride & Prejudice. Throughout the early aughts he had several other significant roles, including Sandy Mardell in Outlaw and Demetrius in The Last Legion, as well as Lt. Kurt Kotler in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Prince Albert in The Young Victoria.

Related: Bridgerton: Every Pride And Prejudice Easter Egg & Reference

TV-wise, Friend is most known for portraying the character Peter Quinn in 58 episodes of Homeland. For his performance as Peter, Friend was nominated for numerous accolades. He also appeared in other shows since the end of Homeland, including Dream Corp, LLC, Strange Angel, and, most recently, Anatomy of a Scandal.

Eric Johnson as Davis: played Flash Gordon on the eponymous 2007 - 2008 television series, as well as Whintey Fordman on the show Smallville and Jack Hyde in the Fifty Shades franchise, among other roles.

Dustin Milligan as Chris: played Ethan Ward on the teen drama show 90210. Most recently, of course, the majority of television watchers know him as Ted Mullens from Schitt's Creek.

Bashir Salahuddin as Detective Summervile: appeared in the movies Snatched and Gringo, and since then has been in Marriage Story and The 24th. He's also known as a writer on Maya and Marty and for portraying Keith Bang on GLOW and Office Goodnight on South Side.

Kelly McCormack as Stacy: known for playing Zeph in the sci-fi show Killyjoys and for playing Betty Anne on the show Letterkenny. Most recently, she wrote, produced, and starred in the feature film Sugar Daddy.

Sarah Baker as Maryanne Chelkowsky: was previously in the movies The Campaign and Mascots, as well as shows like The Kominsky Method and Louie.

Melissa O'Neil as Beth: first gained fame for winning the third season of Canadian Idol in 2005. She's also known for her roles as Two/Rebecca/Portia Lin on the sci-fi series Dark Matter and as Officer Lucy Chen on the police drama show The Rookie.

Of course, viewers have probably seen these listed stars in other movies and TV shows, too. This is a non-exhaustive list of the films and shows that they are most likely recognized from. When all of these actors came together to work on 2018's A Simple Favor, it was a notable project. The movie was praised for its ensemble effort and continues to gain traction among movie watchers today.

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New British comedy TV series from 2020: BBC, Channel 4, Sky, Dave, Amazon, Netflix

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2020 in British TV comedy brought us Maisie Williams as a kickass survivalist in a pickle, and a new parenting comedy from the hugely talented Simon Blackwell and Chris Addison starring Martin Freeman.

To add to that, there was also a fresh batch of comedians playing exaggerated versions of themselves in self-penned sitcoms, including Katherine Ryan, Mae Martin, Sara Pascoe, Kayleigh Llewellyn, Lucy Beaumont and Jon Richardson.

Here’s the skinny on all those new shows and more. Here’s what arrived in 2019, and here are the new British TV dramas that arrived in 2020.

Breeders

After their excellent 2014 relationship comedy Trying Again, Chris Addison and Simon Blackwell (Veep, The Thick Of It) teamed up on a new series, this time about the trials of parenthood. Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard played parents in this ten-part half-hour comedy, a co-production between Sky in the UK and FX in the US. Watch the first trailer here.

Bumps

Available to stream on BBC iPlayer

A Comedy Playhouse commission for BBC One, Bumps comes from Psychobitches and Tracey Ullman’s Show writer-actor Lucy Montgomery (pictured) and The Life Of Rock With Brian Pern‘s Rhys Thomas. The half-hour pilot is a modern family comedy that centres on Amanda Redman’s character Anita, a divorcee in her sixties with two grown-up kids, who decides to have a third baby with the help of an egg and sperm donor. Playing Anita’s daughter Joanne is Lisa McGrillis (behind the brilliantly dim and tactless but very sweet Kelly on Mum), who discovers she’s pregnant at the same time as her mother.

Code 404

After 2019’s pilot, Sky ordered six episodes of this sci-fi comedy starring Daniel Mays (Line Of Duty, Vera Drake) and Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire, The Virtues), written by Mongrels and Not Going Out’s Daniel Peak. It’s a buddy cop drama set in the near future, which sees crime-fighting duo DI John Major (Mays) and DI Roy Carver (Graham) first separated, then reunited thanks to the wonders of modern science. Series two is on its way.

Feel Good

Stand-up Mae Martin co-wrote her autobiographically inspired six-episode series with Joe Hampson, which formerly went by the working title Mae and George and is now called Feel Good. It aired on E4 in the UK and Netflix around the world, and follows Martin’s life as a comedian and recovering addict, and the complications of her new relationship with girlfriend George. Friends’ Lisa Kudrow guest stars. A second series is on the way.

Hitmen

Comedy double act Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins get in on the Killing Eve game as contract killers in this new Sky series. Unlike Villanelle though, these two are decidedly unsmooth operators. Their hits are, according to the press release, “inevitably derailed by incompetence, bickering, and inane antics.” Sherlock’s Amanda Abbington co-stars, along with Francis Barber and Johnny Vegas. Series two is on the way.

In My Skin

Kayleigh Llewellyn’s autobiographically inspired 2018 pilot is now a four-part comedy series for the BBC. It’s the raw but ultimately uplifting story of teenager Bethan’s attempts to conceal from her schoolfriends a chaotic homelife with a mother sectioned in a mental health facility and a dad in the Hell’s Angels. Here’s a clip from the Comedy Slice to whet your appetite.

Intelligence

Available to stream on Sky and NOW TV

Last year saw Rob Lowe in Lincolnshire, now prepare for David Schwimmer in Cheltenham. The Friends actor and director starring in a six-part Sky One comedy as a “maverick NSA agent” working in the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters. He’s joined by series writer Nick Mohammed, in the role of an inept computer analyst tasked with tackling cyber-crime. Series two is on the way.

Kate And Koji

Filmed in Herne Bay, Kent, this six-episode ITV comedy stars Brenda Blethyn as Kate, the owner of a seaside café who strikes up a friendship with asylum seeker Koji, played by Jimmy Akingbola. Those two are joined by The Inbetweeners’ Blake Harrison, playing Kate’s nephew, and Meera Syal as the local GP in a timely modern story with a heart.

King Gary

Available to stream on BBC iPlayer

Murder In Successville and Action Team’s Tom Davis and James De Frond teamed up again to write and direct prime time BBC One sitcom King Gary, which debuted in 2020 and was swiftly recommissioned for a second series. You may have caught the pilot episode, which aired over Christmas 2018, introducing Davis’ character – London builder Gary King, a man-child who loves his family, his suburban community, and really loves a B.B.Q – his parents played by The Fast Show’s Simon Day and Doctor Who’s Camille Coduri, and his unforgettable wife Terri, played by the very funny Laura Checkley.

Meet The Richardsons

Airing on Dave and available to stream weekly on UK TV Play

Married comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont starred as heightened versions of themselves in Meet The Richardsons for Dave, written by Beaumont and Car Share’s Tim Reid. Inspired by Beaumont’s appearances on Richardsons’ Ultimate Worrier series for Dave, the series comically documents the couple’s parenting and relationship woes.

Mister Winner

Following a successful Comedy Playhouse pilot, Spencer Jones (Upstart Crow) returned as the hapless Leslie Winner for a six-episode series on BBC One. Joining Jones will be Shaun Williamson and Lucy Pearman, in a loveable comedy about “an eternally optimistic klutz with his heart in the right place”. If you’ve yet to see Jones’ excellent BBC iPlayer short series The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk, get involved without delay.

My Left Nut

Available to stream on BBC iPlayer

Coming to BBC Three is an autobiographically inspired three-part comedy-drama from Irish writers Michael Patrick and Oisin Kearney, adapted from their acclaimed stage play. Starring Sinead Keenan (Little Boy Blue, Being Human) with newcomer Nathan Quinn-O’Rawe, it’s the story of a Belfast teenager who discovers a lump on his testicle but finds himself unable to tell those around him. A relatable, entertaining teen comedy with an important healthcare message.

Out of Her Mind

An established name on screen and the live circuit, comedian Sara Pascoe is the latest comic to write and star in her own sitcom (joining the ranks of Roisin Conaty, Aisling Bea, Josh Widdicombe and more). Her as-yet untitled series is being produced for BBC Two by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s production company, Stolen Picture. It’s about “family, relationships and biology,” according to the press release, and will combine eccentric characters with surreal interludes and factual segments. Read about the best Netflix stand-up specials here.

Sandylands

Following on from 2019’s Isle of Wight-set family comedy The Cockfields, Gold has commissioned a second three-part original sitcom. This one’s also set on the UK coast, and tells the story of a successful Londoner who returns to her home town and reconnects with old friends and old crushes when her local businessman father disappears at sea. Sanjeev Bhaskar, David Walliams, Sophie Thompson, Hugh Bonneville and Natalie Dew star.

Semi-Detached

The pilot episode for comedy Semi-Detached, about a hapless fortysomething aired in January 2019, followed by a full series. It was written by actors David Crow and Oliver Maltman and boasted a strong comedy cast including Lee Mack, Ellie White, Samantha Spiro, Clive Russell and Patrick Baladi. The twist with this one is that all the action unfurls in real time.

The Duchess

In addition to her Netflix stand-up specials, comedian Katherine Ryan made a six-part autobiographical comedy for the streaming service. Though a familiar face on screen, this marks the first scripted series Ryan has written and executive-produced. In it, she plays “a fashionable disruptive single mother living in London”, inspired by Ryan’s own experience raising her daughter in the capital after moving here from her native Canada.

The First Team

Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, aka The Inbetweeners creators, have written a six-part half-hour sitcom for BBC Two. Formerly under the working title of Afternoons, it’s now called The First Team and details the off-pitch adventures of three Premier League footballers playing for a fictional side, “three young men who just happen to have a very stressful job in the public eye,” according to the writers. The cast includes Arrested Development‘s Will Arnett as the team’s eccentric American chairman, alongside Theo Barklam Biggs, Shaquille Ali-Yebuah, Jack McMullen, Jake Short and Chris Geere.

The Kemps: All True

Remember how much everybody loved that Bros doc? Well now BBC Four comedy is planning to capture that same lightning in a bottle with mockumentary The Kemps: All True, following the travails of another pair of pop star brothers in Spandau Ballet’s Gary and Martin Kemp. The one-off comedy from Brian Pern‘s Rhys Thomas will track the brothers as they record a new studio album. Read more about it here at the BBC.

The Trouble With Maggie Cole

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Commissioned in March 2019 by ITV under the working title Glass Houses is a six-part hour-long comedy series starring Dawn French, Mark Heap, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Vicki Pepperdine and more. It’s about the aftermath of a loose-lipped radio interview with French’s Maggie, the village gossip who spills her neighbours’ secrets on air. It comes written by Shameless and Benidorm’s Mark Brotherhood and aired on ITV1 in March.

Truth Seekers

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s latest collaboration is a comedy horror series for Amazon Prime Video. Filming began in September 2019 on Truth Seekers, which follows a group of paranormal investigator hobbyists who film their ghost sighting escapades for the online community, and stumble into some very strange business that could end life as we know it. There’s a great comedy cast including Pegg and Frost, including Susan Wokoma, Julian Barratt, Samson Kayo, Morgana Robinson, Kate Nash, Kevin Eldon and Malcolm McDowell.

Two Weeks To Live

Written by Cheat’s Gaby Hull, this six-episode Sky comedy is the story of misfit Kim, a young girl raised to survive in the wilderness, who re-enters society on a secret mission to honour her dead father’s memory. Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams plays Kim, who becomes entangled in a prank-gone-wrong plot involving gangsters, a bag of cash and the police. With Kim’s survival skills, don’t expect her to come quietly…

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Harold O’Neal

Harold Mujahid O'Neal FRSA (born March 27, 1981) is an American composer, pianist, actor, dancer, and public speaker. He has recorded and performed with artists in a variety of musical genres (U2, Lupe Fiasco, Busta Rhymes, Damien Rice, Aloe Blacc, and Jay Z). O'Neal has been compared to Duke Ellington and Maurice Ravel by The New York Times and is considered to be of this generation's greatest pianists and composers. In 2019, he was inducted into the Royal Society of the Arts with the Patron being Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Career

Harold O'Neal was born in Arusha, Tanzania, and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. His great-grandfather, Ollie Harold Pennington, was a jazz pianist and composer for silent film in Kansas City, where his grandmother walked to school with Charlie Parker. Harold began playing the piano by ear at age 4 on his father's miniature keyboard. He found his earliest inspirations in the music of Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes, and Disney. While growing up, his family had a tradition of playing games together to find the distinct rhythms of songs. Having spent much of his youth living in the projects (Public Housing) and surviving near-death experiences, he credits music with saving his life.

O'Neal attended the Paseo Academy Of Fine And Performing Arts, with classmates Logan Richardson, Lil' Ronnie, and Brian Kennedy, where he began his jazz piano studies while being mentored by Ahmad Alaadeen. He studied classical piano and composition with Margie Cameron-Jarrett, whose musical lineage can be traced back to Franz Liszt. He began working with musical luminaries from a young age — touring the world with Bobby Watson when he was 19 after studying composition at the Berklee College Of Music. He then went on to study at the Manhattan School of Music. It was there where Harold met the great American jazz pianist and composer, Andrew Hill, with whom he soon became the apprentice of. Mr. Hill was an apprentice of prolific composer Paul Hindemith. Following Andrew Hill's advice, O'Neal left the Manhattan School of Music to replace pianist Jason Moran in the influential band, the Greg Osby 4, making his major-label debut recording for Blue Note Records at the age of 21. In 2004, O'Neal premiered a jazz quartet featuring Greg Osby, Jeff "Tain" Watts, and Matt Brewer.

In the following years, O'Neal released a number of albums including "Charlie's Suite" (2006), which was a compilation of his family's legacy, "Whirling Mantis" (2010) with a jazz quartet and a solo piano album "Marvelous Fantasy" (2011) on Smalls Records. He then partnered with Ski Beats and Damon Dash, after being signed to Universal Music Group as a songwriter and producer, to release the albums 24 Hour Karate School 2 (2011), Twilight (2012) and Cam'Ron And Vado's Blu Tops (2012). In 2012, O'Neal formed a partnership with producers Lil Ronnie and Jerry Wonda working with many Pop and R&B artists (Miguel, Akon, Melissa Ethridge, Raphael Saadiq, French Montana). In 2013, he released the album "Man On The Street" featuring a jazz quartet as well as solo piano for Universal. O'Neal worked as an additional composer on the 2015 Disney film Tomorrowland with Anthony Giacchino, which starred George Clooney and Britt Robertson. The film was directed by Brad Bird with the bulk of the film-score being composed by Michael Giacchino. His solo piano album "Piano Cinema" was released in May 2018, with "Sam and Sam" serving as the lead single. Following the album release, O'Neal completed a spring tour across the U.S. with The Blk Shp with Pixar as a partner.

Notable Events

Electric Burma

On June 18, 2012, Harold performed with U2, Lupe Fiasco, Bob Geldof, Damien Rice, Angelique Kidjo and many other major artists for the presentation of Amnesty International's prestigious 'Ambassador of Conscience' Award to Aung San Suu Kyi. The award was originally announced from the stage when U2 played Croke Park in July 2009 - while the Burmese Nobel Peace Prize recipient was still under house arrest in Burma.

Global Citizen: World On Stage

On September 22, 2016, Harold performed with Aloe Blacc and Maya Jupiter for The Global Citizen Festival's The World On Stage, a night curated by Tom Morello and Jon Batiste. The evening was dedicated to several prominent speakers who addressed various causes—such as education, the refugee crisis, gender equality, poverty, hunger, and much more—and the presentation of the inaugural George Harrison Global Citizen award, presented by Paul Simon to Olivia and Dhani Harrison (George's widow and son).

The BLK SHP Bus Tours

Harold is a key member of Blk Shp (Black Sheep) -- a diverse collective of educators, entrepreneurs, and artists. With the recent Blk Shp Bus Tour the group traveled across the U.S. in search of untold American mentorship stories. Exploring a range of disciplines: from classroom experiences to museums to blacksmiths; BLK SHP partnered in this project with Pixar. Pixar—who are famous for their original and inspiring movies—co-hosted many of the Bus Tour workshops, having inspired the origin of BLK SHP back in 2012. Today, the BLK SHP community includes over 3,000 creative specialists in North America and abroad.

Benjamin Franklin Medal Ceremony

Herbie Hancock received the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Medal (Royal Society of Arts) from the Royal Society for the Arts on December 4, 2018 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—being recognized for his long lifetime of creative achievements and humanitarian efforts. The 264-year-old Royal Society for the Arts, based in London, includes Franklin as a founding fellow and initiated the Benjamin Franklin medal in 1956 to honor people who transcend their vocation to generally benefit mankind. The ceremony featured bassist Christian McBride and pianist Harold O’Neal as guest star performers, each musically representing the electric and acoustic side of Herbie's legacy.

Film and Television

In 2009, O'Neal appeared as an actor in Jay Z's music video for the hit record Young Forever, from his multi-platinum album The Blueprint 3. In 2010, he was cast in the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire, portraying James P. Johnson. He was also featured in MTV's Sucker Free as a principal dancer.

Miscellaneous

Harold is the nephew of Pete O'Neal, former leader of the Black Panther Party

He holds a black belt in kenpo karate having spent significant time as a full contact kickboxer

Harold's cousin is Emanuel Cleaver, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives

He is a member of the legendary breakdance crew, the Dynamic Rockers

Harold is considered by many to be a polymath.

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The Inbetweeners Movie

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The Inbetweeners Movie was released in 2011 and was directed by Ben Palmer, it is the follow on from the UK TV comedy series The Inbetweeners and stars James Buckley, Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and Blake Harrison.

The film focuses on four troubled 18 year olds who travel to Malia on holiday, each for their own intentions but mostly to get drunk and hook up with girls.

The inbetweeners was a huge show in the UK that was replicated in the US pretty poorly, but this movie was huge in the summer of 2011 and was one of the biggest box office hits for a UK comedy ever.

And it is in fact the best TV to Movie comedy i have ever seen on the big screen, not only are the characters loveable just like the TV show it follows but the story is great and the jokes land every single time.

It’s easy to throw this into the bag of big screen adaptations such as Kevin & Perry Go Large and Guest House Paradiso, but they both feel like they’ve aged poorly and are generally not as funny as this movie.

I love the performances of the main characters, there is so much chemistry because of the real life friendships and you forget that they are playing fictional characters most of the time.

There is never a dull moment and the cinematography is surprisingly stepped up, this doesn’t feel like a TV movie at all which is a surprising feat for a movie like this.

The film’s extra characters that pop up are even funnier, Richard, a crazed teenager that occasionally pops up in the film is absolutely hilarious.

The movie leaves you wanting more, and i could watch this over and over, in fact i saw this movie at the cinema 4 times that summer alongside Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes.

★★★★★ I cannot fault this movie, its hilarious from start to finish and a great escapism comedy movie that reminds you how good the TV series is too.

#movies #movie challenge #movie review #milezee #uk comedy #inbetweeners #the inbetweeners movie

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introducing...

MY GHOSTS OCS

...aka the gatehouse gang

Contents:

Primrose Button

Harrison Montville

Charlotte Button

Princess Alexandra

Annaliese Beg-Chetwynde

Primrose Loretta Dianne Elizabeth Marie Button

Born in 1951, died in 1969 (she was 18)

Daughter of Lady Heather

Had daughter, Charlotte, in Spring 1969

Died while watching Coronation Street

Flirts with Julian frequently and nobody's quite sure if they've actually done anything yet and they don't ask for fear that they'll get a graphic explanation of it

Harrison Robert Montville

Born in May 1969, died in July 1998

Played as a Midfielder for Liverpool, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur

Father was also a footballer, son is a footballer

Had eldest daughter, Eva, at the age of 16, shortly after he signed for Liverpool

He "claims" to have slept with lots of celebrities (of course the claims bit is only there for legal reasons)

Had a star studded wedding with guests including: Simon Le Bon, Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, George Michael, Anneka Rice, Samantha Fox, Rick Astley, Olivia Newton-John, Adam Ant and Martin Kemp

Youngest daughter was born at his funeral and his wife deliberately gave her names that he didn't like when they were naming Eva

Is secretly in love with the Captain

Often hides in the gatehouse to escape is 'unrequited' feelings

Youngest member of the gatehouse gang

Charlotte Heather Rose Julia Grace Button

Daughter of Primrose

Born in Button House in April 1969

Was adopted out to her mother's distant cousins: William and Vera Pembroke, after her mothers unfortunate death

Gave birth to daughter Alison in 1989

Died in October 1994

Has been hiding in the shed for 27 years

Almost immediately after leaving the shed she meets Thomas and they pretty much instantly fall madly in love

Princess Madeleine Alexandra Claude Margaret Anne of Scotland

Goes by Alexandra

Daughter of James V of Scotland and his first wife Madeleine of France

Mary, Queen of Scots half sister

Had a daughter named Sophie with Prince Edward who later married Humphrey Bone

2nd oldest ghost

Gatehouse gang og

Annaliese Megara Joanne Beg-Chetwynde

Great-grandmother of Barclay Beg-Chetwynde

Half German, Half Greek

Fanny's lifelong best friend

Mother of Olympia, Stephanie, Joanne and Lloyd Beg-Chetwynde

Lesbian

Madly in love with Fanny since 1877

Died in December 1889

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Best Day of the Week-in the past…

February 16th

1957 - Pete Murray

Disc jockey Pete Murray began hosting BBC television's first Rock 'n' Roll music program The Six-Five Special, named for the time the show began, five minutes after six. The show was given air-time immediately after the abolition of what was called the Toddlers' Truce, which had seen television stop between 6 and 7pm so children could be put to bed.

1972 - Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin made their Australian live debut when they kicked off a six-date tour at the Subiaco Oval, Perth. Police battled with over 500 fans who rammed locked gates trying to get into the concert. Over 4,000 fans stood outside the venue without tickets and local residents jammed police phone lines to complain about the noise.

1974 - Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan started a four week run at No.1 on the US album chart with Planet Waves, his first US No.1. The album was originally set to be titled Ceremonies Of The Horsemen, a reference to the song 'Love Minus Zero / No Limit', from the 1965 album 'Bringing It All Back Home'. When Dylan decided to change the title at the last minute, the release was delayed for two weeks.

1974 - Emerson Lake and Palmer

During a tour of America the members of Emerson, Lake & Palmer were arrested in Salt Lake City after swimming naked in the hotel pool. They were each fined $75 (£44).

1974 - David Bowie

Winners in the UK music weekly Disc Readers Awards Poll; Top UK group went to Slade, Top musician, Roy Wood, David Bowie won UK and World male singer, Top single with 'Jean Genie' and album with 'Aladdin Sane', Top female singer was Lynsey De Paul and Brightest hope was won by David Essex.

1975 - Cher

Cher started her own weekly hour of a music and comedy show on CBS-TV. The singer had co-presented The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour with her former husband. Cher's new show featured a female guest each week.

1985 - Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Born In The USA', his first UK No.1 album. The singers seventh studio album, was the best-selling album of 1985 in the United States (and also Springsteen's most successful album ever). The album produced a record-tying string of seven Top 10 singles.

1991 - The Simpsons

The Simpsons were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Do The Bartman'. The song was written by Michael Jackson and Bryan Lorenand, The Simpsons became the first cartoon characters to make No.1 since the Archies hit 'Sugar Sugar' in 1969. Jackson was a massive fan of The Simpsons and had called the producers one night offering to write Bart a number one single and do a guest spot on the show.

2004 - Doris Troy

US singer Doris Troy died. She had been a session singer with Dionne Warwick, sang on Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon and released an album on The Beatles Apple label. She had also had a 1964 UK No.37 single with 'Whatcha Gonna Do About It' and a 1963 US No. 10 hit 'Just One Look'. She sang back-up for many acts including The Rolling Stones, (‘You Can't Always Get What You Want’), Carly Simon's ('You're So Vain'), George Harrison, (‘My Sweet Lord’).

2005 - Kid Rock

Kid Rock was arrested for allegedly punching a DJ at a strip club in Nashville, Tennessee. Police were called to the incident but Rock escaped from the club. Shortly after, he was pulled over by an officer who got an autograph but did not do a breath test despite smelling alcohol. (The officer has since been fired). The star was eventually arrested a few hours later, taken to the night court and released on $3,000 (£1,600) bail.

2005 - Cat Stevens

Yusuf Islam, the former Cat Stevens was awarded substantial damages from The Sunday Times and The Sun, after they had printed articles alleging he was involved in terrorism. Both newspapers apologized to the 56 year old musician for the "false and highly defamatory allegations." The papers also paid his legal bills and pledged not to repeat the allegations. The money awarded was given to Tsunami relief projects.

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BOB HOPE’S WORLD OF COMEDY

October 30, 1976

Produced and Directed by Jack Haley Jr.

Written by: Charles Lee with Gig Henry, Jeffrey Barron, Katherine Green, and Jack Haley Jr.

Bob Hope (Himself, Host) was born Lesley Townes Hope in England in 1903. During his extensive career in virtually all forms of media he received five honorary Academy Awards. In 1945 Desi Arnaz was the orchestra leader on Bob Hope’s radio show. Ball and Hope did four films together. He appeared as himself on the season 6 opener of “I Love Lucy.” He did a brief cameo in a 1964 episode of “The Lucy Show.” When Lucille Ball moved to NBC in 1980, Hope appeared on her welcome special. He died in 2003 at age 100.

Lucille Ball (Herself) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in ‘B’ movies. With Richard Denning, she starred in a radio program titled “My Favorite Husband” which eventually led to the creation of “I Love Lucy,” a television situation comedy in which she co-starred with her real-life husband, Latin bandleader Desi Arnaz. The program was phenomenally successful, allowing the couple to purchase what was once RKO Studios, re-naming it Desilu. When the show ended in 1960 (in an hour-long format known as “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”) so did Lucy and Desi’s marriage. In 1962, hoping to keep Desilu financially solvent, Lucy returned to the sitcom format with “The Lucy Show,” which lasted six seasons. She followed that with a similar sitcom “Here’s Lucy” co-starring with her real-life children, Lucie and Desi Jr., as well as Gale Gordon, who had joined the cast of “The Lucy Show” during season two. Before her death in April 1989, Lucy made one more attempt at a sitcom with “Life With Lucy,” also with Gordon, which was not a success and was canceled after just 13 episodes.

Neil Simon (Himself) is a playwright and screenwriter responsible for more than 30 plays, most of which were seen on Broadway and adapted into films. At the time, one of his most enduring plays The Odd Couple was being done on television. In 1983 became the only living playwright to have a New York theatre named in his honor. In 1960, when it was still called the Alvin Theatre, Lucille Ball appeared there in the musical Wildcat.

Don Rickles (Himself) worked as a stand-up comic in nightclubs for nearly 20 years before making his film debut in 1958. Rickles was known as an insult comic and became a staple of Hollywood roasts. In “Lucy the Fight Manager” (TLS S5;E20) he made his first and last acting appearance with Lucille Ball, but would be seen with her on variety shows and specials through 1988. Rickles was the voice of Mr. Potato Head in the animated Toy Story franchise. He died in April 2017 at age 90.

Norman Lear (Himself) is a television writer and producer responsible for such hits as “All in the Family,” “Maude,” “One Day at a Time,” “The Jeffersons,” and many others. He received three Emmy Awards for his work on “All in the Family.”

Caroll Spinney (Big Bird) started playing Big Bird on “Sesame Street” in 1969. In 2000, Big Bird was named a Living Legend by the United States Library of Congress. Created by Jim Henson, Big Bird is one of two Muppets to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Spinney has been honored with four Daytime Emmy Awards for his portrayals on the series and two Grammy Awards for his related recordings. Two recordings of Spinney's voice have earned Gold Record status.

As with many Bob Hope specials, the show is sponsored by Texaco.

Bob Hope's opening monologue talks mainly about the Presidential Election, which would take place in two weeks. Incumbent president Gerald Ford ran against Jimmy Carter. He also touches on the World Series, the Swine Flu epidemic, Zsa Zsa Gabor's multiple marriages, and the CB radio craze.

Bob's first guest is Big Bird from “Sesame Street” (Caroll Spinney). Big Bird does an ad-lib impersonation of Jack Benny that makes Hope laugh. This kicks off a montage of clips about animals.

A pet shop staffed by Bob Newhart

Jackie Gleason playing golf with Mildred, a chimp in How To Commit Marriage (1969)

Roy Rogers and Trigger “the wonder horse”

Julie London with puppies who prove not to be housebroken

Dan Rowan with a horse and Dick Martin with a camel

Hope with his dog in a vet's waiting room and Betty Grable there with a race horse

Hope and Greer Garson in divorce court fighting over their dog, Mr. Smith

Lassie as the subject of “This is Your Life” in a spoof from “The Bob Hope Show”

Next Hope introduces a montage of clips featuring international stars.

Maurice Chevalier (France)

Eva Gabor (Hungary)

Zsa Zsa Gabor (Hungary) with Angie Dickinson

Ingrid Bergman (Sweden)

Anita Ekberg (Sweden) with William Holden and Robert Strauss

Olivia Newton John (Australia)

Rex Harrison (England) and Lilli Palmer (Poland) with Janis Paige

David Niven (England) with Marilyn Maxwell

After a Texaco commercial, Bob introduces Lucy Ricardo aka Lucy Carmichael aka “the bionic woman of comedy” - Lucille Ball.

Lucy reminisces with Bob, which leads to a black and white clip of a sketch from “The Bob Hope Show” (September 24, 1962). In it, Lucy plays a District Attorney and Bob a gangster named Bugsy Hope.

Back on stage, Bob asks Lucy the secret to her show's endearing success. She says that it has to do with the realatable domestic situations created by the writers. Bob add that the physical comedy gives her comedy world-wide appeal. Lucy says that as of last count her shows were seen in 79 countries. Lucy says she's heard herself dubbed in Japanese, and that in South America it is HER who as the accent. Asked about being a legend, Lucy says it is “kind of like an obituary” but she's very grateful.

After another Texaco break, Bob talks about slapstick and introduces a montage of clips.

Ernie Kovacs trying to sell his house during an earthquake

Bob as Bobby Riggs playing against Billie Jean King (Ann-Margret)

Hope and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as astronauts walking in space

Jack Benny using hidden cameras in his home to avoid paying Hope a guest-star fee

The second hour of the special kicks off with Hope introducing playwright Neil Simon. They talk about writing, the difference between drama and comedy, and ethnic humor, which is the cue for the next montage of clips about vaudeville.

Hope and Crosby do a routine

Hope, Crosby, Steve Allen, and Jack Paar are child actors competing for the same job

Danny Thomas as a candy seller interrupting Hope's act by stealing all his punchlines

Donald O'Connor as Wingo the Magnificent, a knife thrower, with Hope as Courageous Targo, his human target

Hope introduces Don Rickles, who promotes his new show “CPO Sharkey” which he compares to Phil Silvers in “Sergeant Bilko.” Hope says he's been the victim of insult comedy, which begins a montage of clips where Bob is insulted by:

Milton Berle

Tony Randall

Redd Foxx

Glenn Campbell

Gina Lollobridgida

Jerry Colonna

Dorothy Lamour

Tony Bennett

Fred MacMurray

Joan Crawford

George Sanders

Frank Sinatra

Troy Donahue

Hedda Hopper

John Wayne

Dyan Cannon

Debbie Reynolds (with Jack Benny)

Juliet Prowse

Bob Hope introduces Norman Lear, who mentions he has no shows on NBC. They talk about “Mary Hartman Mary Hartman,” the 'Family Hour,' his flops like “Hot L Baltimore,” and Archie Bunker. The next batch of clips is about satire.

Johnny Carson as a playboy movie star Rock Carson appearing on a talk show

Hope, Burt Reynolds and Dyan Canon spoof the TV series “Paper Moon”

A sketch called “Bananaz” (“Bonanza”) starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Juliet Prowse

A “Batman” spoof starring Martha Rae as Bat Girl and Bob Hope as the villain Lobsterman

Medical dramas are poked fun at by Hope, Barbara Eden, and Lee Marvin

After a commercial, the montages are about dancing. Some of Hope's choreographed clips:

Dancing with Raquel Welch

Doing Eddie Foy's famous sand dance

Soft shoe with Pearl Bailey

A trio with Jeanne Crain and Betty Hutton

A challenge dance with George Burns

Rare footage of Dean Martin dancing alongside Hope

Polly Bergen, Jimmy Durante and Hope dance as babies while on their knees (above photo)

A partner dance with Ginger Rogers

Hoofing with Hope and Jimmy Cagney

Modern dance with Ann-Margret

Hat and cane steps with Sammy Davis Jr.

Hope wraps up the special with a look at some of the comedians of the past.

Budd Abbott and Lou Costello (above photo)

Fred Allen

Gracie Allen

Cliff Arquette aka Charlie Weaver

Mischa Auer

Robert Benchley

Jack Benny

Willy Best

Fanny Brice, the original 'Funny Girl'

Joe E. Brown

Billy Burke

Eddie Cantor

Jack Carson

Charles Correll, Amos of “Amos 'n' Andy”

Wally Cox

Joan Davis

Marie Dressler

Leon Errol

W.C. Fields

Billy Gilbert, the greatest sneeze in show business

Ted Healy and the Three Stooges

Hugh Herbert

Judy Holliday

Edward Everett Horton

Buster Keaton

Edgar 'Slow Burn' Kennedy

Ernie Kovacs

Burt Lahr

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

Harold Lloyd

Carol Lombard

Harpo and Chico Marx

Donald Meek

Victor Moore

Jack Norton, the perennial drunk

Franklin Pangborn

Joe Penner

Will Rodgers

Irene Ryan, Granny of “The Beverly Hillbillies”

Charlie Ruggles

S.Z. 'Cuddles' Sakall

Max Sennett, king of the Keystone Cops

Arthur Treacher

Burt Wheeler and Robert Wolsey

Ed Wynn

This Day in Lucy History – October 29th

“The Diet” (ILL S1;E3) – October 29, 1951

"Visitor from Italy" (ILL S6;E5) – October 29, 1956

"Lucy Buys a Sheep" (TLS S1;E5) – October 29, 1961

"Lucy and Andy Griffith" (HL S6;E8) – October 29, 1973

#Bob Hope's World of Comedy #Bob Hope #Lucille Ball #Neil Simon #Norman Lear #BIg Bird #Caroll Spinney #1976 #TV #NBC #Jack Haley Jr.#Don Rickles #Texaco

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typingtess · 5 years

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Tiptoeing through the “A Bloody Brilliant Plan” guest cast

Vinnie Jones as Ricky Dorsey Played Dominic Raoul/Scales in The Cape, King Gareth in Galavant, Gunter Gustafsen in Deception and Danny 'Brick' Brickwell in Arrow. Appeared in episodes of Extras (as himself), Chuck, Elementary, Psych, The Musketeers, Mind Games and the MacGyver pilot.

Jones with his writer/director.

Medalion Rahimi as NCIS Special Agent Fatima Namazi Last seen enjoying the team meal in "Let Fate Decide" – the season 11 premiere.

Melise as Jennifer Kim Last appeared in "Liabilities" as she provided the lovely final scene from Owen Granger.

Steve Valentine as Frankie Bolton Was a series regular in Nikki (Martine), Crossing Jordan (Dr. Nigel Townsend), I'm in the Band (Derek Jupiter) and regularly provides voices for animated series and video games.

Was in episodes of Married with Children, Melrose Place, Night Stand, Men Behaving Badly, Silk Stalkings, Diagnosis Murder, Promised Land, Martial Law, The Bold & the Beautiful, Good vs. Evil, Will & Grace, VIP, Providence, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, The Geena Davis Show, The Hughleys, Dharma & Greg, Charmed (2001), Just Shoot Me, Freakylinks, Kristen, Boston Legal, Stacked, House, The Middlemen, Chuck, Monk, Drop Dead Diva, The Good Guys, Cougar Town, Psych, Warehouse 13, Anger Management, Supernatural, Betas, Beauty & the Beast, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Big Bang Theory, Perception, Hot in Cleveland, Major Crimes, Mike & Molly, One Big Happy, Rosewood, Supergirl and Modern Family.

Played Professor Pilkington in the "Psychic Warrior" season five episode of JAG and Miles Wolf in the "Recovery" episode of NCIS in season ten.

Valentine with Vinnie Jones and Terence Nightingall. Valentine's script. Day One. On set. With Daniela Ruah and Eric Christian Olsen. On set 2.0.

Marc Crumpton as Albert Goshman Guest starred in episodes of The Catch, The Brave and Pandora. Plays Rocky in The Haves and the Have Nots.

Today in having your photo taken with LL Cool J.

Joss Glennie-Smith as Michael Giger Guest roles include Southland, Turn: Washington's Spies, The Pioneers, Criminal Minds and SWAT.

Miles Anderson as Brian Cooper Works regularly in British television.

Simon Kim as Seok Nahng There are several actors named Simon Kim, all with limited credits.

Adam Blake as Steve McMillian Was an EMT in The OA.

K. Harrison Sweeney as Micky Had guest roles in episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Mike & Molly, Rizzoli & Isles, Review, The Startup, Lady Dynamite and Rhett and Link's Buddy System.

Stephen Marcus as Andy Green Appeared regularly in British series as both a guest star and a regular character.

Angus Benfield as Willie "Super Fat" Hollingsworth Appeared in several New Zealand series.

Jessica Erin Martin as Angela Dorsey Had guest roles in episodes of Grimm, Wrecked, The Last Ship, Criminal Minds, Z Nation, SWAT and General Hospital.

Story by: Terence Nightingall, Kate D. Martin and Frank Military Teleplay by: Frank Military

This is both Nightingall's and Martin's first script. Martin is married to Nightingall.

Directed by: Terence Nightingall directed "Expiration Date", "Old Tricks", "Warrior of Peace" and "The Sound of Silence".

Nightingall promoting his work while others are working. Nightingall walking and promoting his work.

#tiptoeing #NCIS: Los Angeles #NCIS: LA #NCIS Los Angeles #ncis la

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Heidi Klum hit with knife, V. Unbeatable returns

“America’s Got Talent: The Champions” is back, and this time, judge Howie Mandel finally got to put his Golden Buzzer rights to use.

During last week’s episode, Mandel was supposed to have exclusive use of the buzzer, which gives a judge the power to automatically send an act to the finals. Before he could hit it, however, fellow judge Simon Cowell swooped in to steal it for “Star Wars”-inspired dance act Boogie Storm.

So on Monday’s episode, the Golden Buzzer power was back in Mandel’s hands, and this time the former “Deal or No Deal” host used it on a group of performers he decided deserved a second chance.

V. Unbeatable, a dance crew from Mumbai, India, returned to the show after finishing in fourth place on Season 14 of “AGT” last year, where guest judge Dwyane Wade gave them their first Golden Buzzer.

“Our time on ‘America’s Got Talent’ was like a dream come true, because we come from so much struggle,” said one member of the team, adding that most of the people in the dance crew come from Mumbai’s slums.

He continued that a second chance at the “AGT” title is an “opportunity to make a better life for ourselves and for our families.”

After Simon Cowell swooped in to use the Golden Buzzer during last week’s episode, Howie Mandel got another chance to send an act to the finals of “America’s Got Talent: The Champions.” (Photo: Frazer Harrison, Getty Images)

And V. Unbeatable lived up to their name.

Dancing to an up-tempo, contemporary tune, the dancers held nothing back, flinging members into the air and performing several flips. In one stunt, a smaller dancer was catapulted through a moving rectangular structure, and landed in time with the music.

All four judges were blown away.

“I can see on your faces just how much this all means to all of you,” said judge Alesha Dixon. “Thank you so much for bringing such a beautiful, positive energy to ‘AGT: Champions.’ That was absolutely outstanding.”

‘AGT’: Acrobat group V. Unbeatable wows guest judge Dwyane Wade, wins Golden Buzzer

Judge Heidi Klum noted the act had “so much adrenaline,” while Cowell called it “one of the best acts we’ve seen in ‘Champions’ this year.”

“We needed you tonight, trust me,” he added.

Mandel, however, seemed most impressed.

“I love you, and I love what you do, and I love what it means to you,” he said. “When you didn’t win ‘AGT,’ the disappointment you had, we felt like a knife going into our hearts.

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‘AGT: The Champions’: Simon Cowell steals Howie Mandel’s Golden Buzzer, dangerous act stopped

“But disappointment only lasts a moment,” he continued, rising out of his chair and walking toward the Golden Buzzer at the center of the judges’ table. “This is a moment. This is the moment you have been waiting for. Just sit there and think about this moment.”

Mandel then sat on the Golden Buzzer, triggering the confetti cannons and securing the the group’s place in the finals.

While V. Unbeatable brought the energy, another act brought the terror, especially for Klum.

The silent, spooky illusionist Miki Dark, who finished as a semifinalist on Season 10 of “Holland’s Got Talent,” returned for a trick that gave Halloween costume queen Klum a fright.

‘AGT: The Champions’: Angelina Jordan, 13, stuns Simon Cowell with Queen amid controversy

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Appearing behind the judges’ table, the performer, clad in a dark robe and black-and-white face paint, brought Klum onto the stage and then pointed to host Terry Crews to stand behind her.

Communicating only through hand gestures, the silent Dark instructed Crews to hold a basket of red papers over Klum. He then took out a photo of Cowell’s face, ripped off the picture’s eye, put it in a small red envelope and kissed it with his black lipstick. (Yes, you read that correctly – and it only gets weirder from here.)

Dark then dropped the envelope into the basket and hung a black square onto Klum. On the count of three, Crews dropped the red papers in front of the judge while Dark hurled a knife at her chest.

Klum let out a loud, high scream as the knife struck the sturdy square, attaching to a single piece of red.

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Dark then removed the piece to reveal it as the envelope containing the ripped-off piece of Cowell’s eye.

The trick left Klum shaken, literally.

“I can’t stop shaking,” she said back in her judging seat. “Thank you so much for not killing me.”

“I loved everything about it from start to finish,” added Dixon. “You created the best atmosphere. It wasn’t too scary.”

“What?” Klum interrupted.

“Well, for you it was scary,” Dixon replied.

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Unfortunately for Dark, his thrilling stunt didn’t earn him a spot in the semifinals, and he was eliminated, along with magician Ben Hart, multimedia dance crew Freckled Sky, beat-boxing harmonica player Moses Concas, singer Michael Grimm and dance crew Quick Style.

Advancing to the next round are dance partners Duo Destiny, 12-year-old violinist Tyler Butler Figueroa and 11-year-old dog trainer Alexa Lauenburger.

“AGT” returns Monday (NBC, 8 EST/PST).

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