On the off chance that anyone here likes early music… Here is one of my favorite sixteenth-century pieces, in a beautiful performance by a male vocal ensemble who are also from Cambridge. https://www.youtube.com/wat…

That reminds me of Sex and the City. Because of the magical realism. Can a writer afford that wardrobe? Nay!

I understand your view. I'd say that BB did that stuff well, then changed its focus a few times in the ensuing seasons to keep the show moving forward in exciting ways.

Yes, but (as younger people today are often surprised to learn) for a few generations in the mid-20th century, even a shoe-salesman could often buy a house in an OK suburban neighborhood.

Ah, yet another topic where King of the Hill gets a well-deserved mention. The everyday American TV family par excellence. It ran far too long, but for the first 5 or 6 seasons it was an amazingly tender, honest, funny comedy of wonderful characters, I tell you what.

I've been watching my way through Malcolm recently (because somehow I totally missed that very funny show in its day), and it's true, we don't have much of that on TV today — the struggling, ordinary parents trying to have a middle-class life. Maybe the concept is better inside of a crazy comedy, rather than a drama…

But that's the best one!

I think the North American release of the DVDs have sold pretty well, and have gotten tons of positive reviews on Amazon.

They sure got a lot of mileage out of that Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies. And the kinky Gestapo, and Rene's unlikely studliness, and the hapless English airmen, and Gruber's unrequited crush… I love this show, and still crack up at the bits I've seen a million times. The historical setting somehow grounds the…

Maria (Francesca Gonshaw) was *immensely* hot, and delightful in this part. She should have become a big star.

Agreed, the show was a very strong comedy in the early seasons, almost in spite of itself, considering all the repetitive jokes and silliness (staples of Lloyd & Croft, as in Are You Being Served). The actors were excellent. Just how tight Croft managed to keep the writing is evident by how terribly the quality…

(Edith Bunker was Jean Stapleton.)

THANKS, OBARA

THANKS, OBARA

Ah, so it isn't just me then. Disqus really can't handle the GOT threads, there's just too many damned fans!

Thank goodness for Davos. I've been a huge fan of Liam Cunningham's portrayal of Davos since his first appearance, way back in S2 (man, that was a long time ago), and he's one I really wish to see alive till the very end.

"masturbators"

The episode felt a bit lackluster to me, especially after re-watching the brilliant back end of Season 2 yesterday — but then Matt McCoy showed up, and put a big smile on my face again. His lawyer character is the best.

'CAUSE IT WAS THE HEEEEEAT OF THE MOMENT
TELLING ME WHAT YOUR HEART MEANT…
THE HEEEEEAT OF THE MO— oh wait, sorry

Indeed! I loved going through their Sopranos recaps when I finally (belatedly) watched the series. The recaps for House were awesome too — much as I loved the first few seasons, the show was certainly easy to skewer.