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I watched:

WE ARE THE 80'S

WE ARE THE 80'S

WE ARE THE 80'S

WE ARE THE 80'S

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS:
That YouTube channel is still playing eps. Unfortunately, it STILL
seems to be playing only a handful of ones from the first and second
season.

THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN:
"Last Train to Doomsday". Thundarr and his men are in pursuit of Janus
after he and a race of Hawkmen attack some villagers and the train
route of Tye, the former swamp urchin from Harvest of Doom. The group
is in for a surprise when it turns out Janus is actually Gemini in
disguise seeking revenge on Thundarr.

THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN:
"Master of the Stolen Sunsword". During a battle with Yando (a supposed
wizard with unusual magic), Thundarr is struck by red Negative
Lightning, which significantly diminishes the power of his Sunsword.
The weapon can be restored at the nearby Pool of Power, but it is
stolen by Yando who seeks to have the Sunsword's power for himself.

CHARLIE'S ANGELS:
"To Kill an Angel". The autistic child Kelly's tending stumbles upon
a gun left at a murder scene---and shoots her. I found the kid
annoying and I always confuse this ep with at least one other with a
similar plot involving wandering the beach in a daze.

HART TO HART:
"Cop Out". When a prostitute is murdered, one of Jennifer's former
sources asks her to investigate.

FANTASY ISLAND:
o "Superstar". an accountant (hey, it's "Radar O'Reilly"!) wishes to
become a baseball Superstar

I hated this one because I didn't give a shit about the story and
characters, and neither did the writers. It turns out that Roarke only arranged for him to strike out a bunch of famous baseball players from
the time once, so how is that making him a baseball superstar?

o "Salem". a couple's wish to live with simple and old fashioned
morality and values lands them in Salem Massachusetts leading them to
wonder which time is better.

This one was more interesting, but Leslie Neilson as the strict leader
was weird. TBH, I hoping to see a reveal at the end with him being
another customer who wanted to be a mean cult leader.

FAMILY GUY
"Pumpkin Spice Girls". Meg discovers the seasonal delight that is the
pumpkin spice latte, but when the limited time offering lapses, her and
Lois concoct an elaborate heist to steal the formula.

Sorry, I just couldn't get past the concept. There is no secret formula
and you can get it whenever you want.

FAMILY GUY
"Man-Fest Destiny". Peter and the guys become shipwrecked at Fire
Island; Chris and Brian perform a lobotomy on a social media-crazed
Stewie.

Who the hell is Bowen Yang? Is he a new gay celeb I missed the memo
about?

What did you watch?
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FANTASY ISLAND:
? "Superstar". an accountant (hey, it's "Radar O'Reilly"!) wishes to
become a baseball Superstar

I hated this one because I didn't give a shit about the story and characters, and neither did the writers. It turns out that Roarke only arranged for him to strike out a bunch of famous baseball players from
the time once, so how is that making him a baseball superstar?

? "Salem". a couple's wish to live with simple and old fashioned
morality and values lands them in Salem Massachusetts leading them to
wonder which time is better.

This one was more interesting, but Leslie Neilson as the strict leader
was weird. TBH, I hoping to see a reveal at the end with him being
another customer who wanted to be a mean cult leader.

It would have been a more complex show if they'd done that. It could
even have had a The Booth at the End vibe. Have you seen that?

I watched several more My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episodes from
S2. This is a nice era. The show had begun to consider its older viewers
but still stayed true to its innocent core, and we get somewhat more
complex plots which are still accessible to kids.

I also watched more American Dad reruns. One was "Vacation Goo," and
that's one of my favorites from the show. The Smiths argue constantly at
home but always have a great time on vacation, and we learn that this is because all of their vacations have been VR experiences Stan faked with
CIA technology. Francine asks the kids to plan vacations, but they also
prefer sticking their family in the goo. Francine decides the family
must have a real vacation together and the family agrees, but when
things go wrong, Stan can't convince Francine she isn't in the goo again
-- and that's just the first half. Good early characterization, good
jokes, and good plot twists make for an enjoyable episode.

What did everyone else watch?
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On 2/23/2026 6:11 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
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I also watched more American Dad reruns.

I noticed American Dad returned to Fox. I stopped watching American Dad
a few years ago. I was tempted to sample the return to Fox, but forgot
to set my DVR. I probably won't bother with any reruns. I know it's
not strong on continuity, but still after a several year gap I don't
want to even guess what I've missed.

One was "Vacation Goo," and

that's one of my favorites from the show. The Smiths argue constantly at
home but always have a great time on vacation, and we learn that this is because all of their vacations have been VR experiences Stan faked with
CIA technology. Francine asks the kids to plan vacations, but they also prefer sticking their family in the goo. Francine decides the family
must have a real vacation together and the family agrees, but when
things go wrong, Stan can't convince Francine she isn't in the goo again
-- and that's just the first half. Good early characterization, good
jokes, and good plot twists make for an enjoyable episode.

What did everyone else watch?

This will be about a week or so catch up. Over the past week I watched:


Scream 1-6. The movies hold up great. Even 3 was tolerable. I'm still
not sure about the plot point of Scream 4 when some of the characters
did a "Stab" movie marathon. People in the real world don't really sit
down and watch slasher flicks back to back do they? This was my first
time watching Scream 6 since seeing it in the theater. It was really
good. I went into 6 already knowing who the killer was and was still surprised by who the killer was. I can't say more about *that* without spoilers.


Urban Legend (blu-ray) 1998 horror movie starring a group of late 90s
young stars attending a college where a killer is murdering people based
on various Urban Legends. I haven't watched this in about 6 years, but
this was my first time watching while knowing who the killer is.
Catching all of those subtle clues and hints from the killer made the
movie more enjoyable.


Urban Legends Final Cut (blu-ray) 2000 direct to video sequel, set at a
film school, that I guess maybe had a killer killing people based on
urban legends. I don't know. I do know they sort of had one actual
urban legend at the start of the movie that was apparently a reshoot
tacked on after they had already made the movie, then added to the
beginning due to poor test screenings.


The Skulls (blu-ray) 2000 movie staring Joshua Jackson (who
coincidentally was also in Scream 2 and Urban Legend) as a college
student who is tapped to join a shady secret society that thinks they
can literally get away with murder. But not if Pacey can stop them. Is
it really believable that there is a secret cabal of rich people who
hold the strings of power in Washington and are able to commit crimes,
even sexual assault and murder and expect to get away with it?

The Skulls 2 2001 direct to video sequel starring Robin Dunne as a
college student who is tapped to join a shady secret society that thinks
they can literally get away with murder. If I didn't know any better I'd
think this was just a rehash of the first movie.

The Skulls 3 (all three movies conveniently on the same blu-ray disc.)
Clare Kramer (Glory on Buffy) stars as a college student who wants to
join a shady secret society that thinks they can literally get away with murder. But the twist this time, is The Skulls is an all male sexist
society and Glory, I mean Clare Kramer has to threaten to sue them in
order to get into the group. But once she is in she is shocked, SHOCKED
I say, to learn that the shady secret society that thinks they can
literally get away with murder, turns out to be a shady secret society
that thinks they can literally get away with murder.


The Notebook (live stage musical) - I mention this because I recently
watched the 2004 movie version and found the movie version dull beyond
belief. I was really worried live stage musical version would be just
as bad. Too my great relief the live version is actually pretty darn
good. It's the exact same characters and plot, but the live version
just told the story way better. One of the most obvious differences is
in the movie version, as I recall at least, the story was told in a
completely linear fashion except for the musing home narrator in the
present day who is telling the story. In the stage version they
constantly jump back and forth in the timeline, with three different
actors portraying the main characters at different times in their lives.
And the way the musical is structured they often have two or all three
of the actors on stage at the same time singing in harmony or at times
even singing to each other. So the younger version of a character might
sing to the older version of the same character and vice versa. It was
a nice narrative touch.
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Verily, in article <10nhvq1$3574k$1@dont-email.me>, did arthur@alum.calberkeley.org deliver unto us this message:

I noticed American Dad returned to Fox. I stopped watching American Dad
a few years ago. I was tempted to sample the return to Fox, but forgot
to set my DVR. I probably won't bother with any reruns. I know it's
not strong on continuity, but still after a several year gap I don't
want to even guess what I've missed.

Jeff is back, if you're not aware. There's an annoying new character
named Rogu, but he's not always in it.

This will be about a week or so catch up. Over the past week I watched:

Urban Legend (blu-ray) 1998 horror movie starring a group of late 90s
young stars attending a college where a killer is murdering people based
on various Urban Legends. I haven't watched this in about 6 years, but
this was my first time watching while knowing who the killer is.
Catching all of those subtle clues and hints from the killer made the
movie more enjoyable.

I saw that on TV a few years after its release. I remember enjoying it.
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thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:

weberm@polaris.net did deliver unto us this message:

FANTASY ISLAND:
o "Superstar". an accountant (hey, it's "Radar O'Reilly"!) wishes to
become a baseball Superstar

I hated this one because I didn't give a shit about the story and
characters, and neither did the writers. It turns out that Roarke only
arranged for him to strike out a bunch of famous baseball players from
the time once, so how is that making him a baseball superstar?

o "Salem". a couple's wish to live with simple and old fashioned
morality and values lands them in Salem Massachusetts leading them to
wonder which time is better.

This one was more interesting, but Leslie Neilson as the strict leader
was weird. TBH, I hoping to see a reveal at the end with him being
another customer who wanted to be a mean cult leader.

It would have been a more complex show if they'd done that.

Well, there was an ep a few weeks ago about a famous hooker whose fantasty
was to fall inlove with a man that ended up with the man being a former customer of hers who had fallen in love with her.

It could even have had a The Booth at the End vibe. Have you seen that?

Never heard of it, but it sounds interesting.

I also watched more American Dad reruns. One was "Vacation Goo," and
that's one of my favorites from the show. The Smiths argue constantly at >home but always have a great time on vacation, and we learn that this is >because all of their vacations have been VR experiences Stan faked with
CIA technology. Francine asks the kids to plan vacations, but they also >prefer sticking their family in the goo. Francine decides the family
must have a real vacation together and the family agrees, but when
things go wrong, Stan can't convince Francine she isn't in the goo
again -- and that's just the first half. Good early characterization,
good jokes, and good plot twists make for an enjoyable episode.

Yeah, I remember that one, but I prefer "Lincoln Lover" and the one with
the racoist old lady.
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weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:

Yeah, I remember that one, but I prefer "Lincoln Lover" and the one with
the racoist old lady.

"Lincoln Lover" is also magnificent. That's a great era of the show.
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