What Are You Watching?

[Allan]

I just think a boy killing a girl because he felt rejected/humiliated is as old as humans

It is an old story but especially in the US the availability of guns increases the odds of a tragic outcome.

In addition the prevalence of online bullying, which factored into this story, is a new problem.

So it made me think about children who are subjected to this (for what is for them) real anguish.

Can something be done or do we just accept it as inevitable?

 

[Real blank]

I mostly watch kid shows on the TV these days because that's what the kids like, and I like them. When it's up to me, it's YouTube on the computer. I'm watching a person try to rebuild a 50s car that sat out in a field for a lot of years. By "try," I mean that he is succeeding fantastically against the odds. It's inspiring. I also like Sandwiches of History. My wife and I are working our way through Matlock when we get the chance. I used to watch that with my dad back in the day, and my wife and I both like it. It holds up quite well.

I sometimes wonder if old TV executives look at what’s popular on YouTube and think “wow we didn’t need those big budgets at all”

 

[Helix]

I sometimes wonder if old TV executives look at what’s popular on YouTube and think “wow we didn’t need those big budgets at all”

I'm sure that probably happens.

 

[Real blank]

It is an old story but especially in the US the availability of guns increases the odds of a tragic outcome.

In addition the prevalence of online bullying, which factored into this story, is a new problem.

So it made me think about children who are subjected to this (for what is for them) real anguish.

Can something be done or do we just accept it as inevitable?

I imagine online bullying must be horrible for kids. I've posted before about how I don’t think kids should be allowed on social media, and I would rather they regulate it that way than try to sanitise the whole internet. I’m also trying to be aware, though, that I don’t want to get caught up in a moral panic. I don’t think the Beatles were responsible for the Manson family, and I don’t think we can stop every tragedy.

 

[roguenuke]

I mostly watch kid shows on the TV these days because that's what the kids like, and I like them. When it's up to me, it's YouTube on the computer. I'm watching a person try to rebuild a 50s car that sat out in a field for a lot of years. By "try," I mean that he is succeeding fantastically against the odds. It's inspiring. I also like Sandwiches of History. My wife and I are working our way through Matlock when we get the chance. I used to watch that with my dad back in the day, and my wife and I both like it. It holds up quite well.

I've been watching Lost and All In the Family. It is amazing and sad to me how well AitF still holds up today. I've had or seen many of the arguments on the show happen either on here or offline.

 

[Loulit01]

I really like Anna Kendrick so I'm watching something called Pitch Perfect. The idea is a bunch of college kids compete in an a cappella singing contest. But, um, none of the singing is a cappella. There is always musical accompaniment.

Is it me? Did I get stupid in my dotage? A cappella means without music. The phrase translates as "as in church," because no music was played during singing in church way back when.

Baffles me.

 

[Loulit01]

I've been watching Lost and All In the Family. It is amazing and sad to me how well AitF still holds up today. I've had or seen many of the arguments on the show happen either on here or offline.

The Norman Lear influence:

All in the Family
The Jeffersons
Sanford and Son
Maude
Good Times
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
One Day at a Time

“You looked around television in those years,” Mr. Lear said in a 2012 New York Times interview, referring to the middle and late 1960s, “and the biggest problem any family faced was ‘Mother dented the car, and how do you keep Dad from finding out’; ‘the boss is coming to dinner, and the roast’s ruined.’ The message that was sending out was that we didn’t have any problems.”

Long interesting obit here:

Norman Lear, Whose Comedies Changed the Face of TV, Is Dead at 101 (Published 2023)

As the producer of “All in the Family” and many other shows, Mr. Lear showed that it was possible to be topical, funny and immensely popular.

www.nytimes.com

 

[noonereal]

The NCAA tourney. Men's and women's.

 

[Allan]

Season 5 of Only Murders in the Building has started.

Episodes 1 - 3 are available on Disney+ and Hulu.