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"Driving like the demon that drives your dreams!"

The past couple of weeks were rough ones for me. I wasn't feeling good, wasn't sleeping good [TMI (click to open)](thx, that time of the month!). So I vegged. Decided to get back to watching some of the TV shows on Tubi that I've been working on. Thankfully, Tubi recently acquired the full 3 season run of "Hardcastle and McCormick". Anyone remember that show? It ran from 1983-1986. This was honestly the first time I've been able to watch every episode. Way back in the day, I only managed to record a few episodes on Beta tape.

Anyway, I totally went down the rabbit hole with this show! I watched episodes on Tubi, I looked up fanfic, and I tried to find some of the old websites (not easy!). Btw, if you'd like to know what all I found, I'd be happy to share. :)

Once I watched all the episodes on Tubi, I decided I wanted to get the episodes in order to cap them. No easy task, I can tell you! BUT - I AM GETTING THEM! They're not Hi-Res by any stretch of the imagination, but for a 43 old TV show, they're not bad either. So - I'm getting back into screencapping. I'm hoping this will get me back into capping SPN as well. I took a long break, but I never figured it would be permanent. I just needed to get my mojo back. H&M helped me get it!

Oh! H&M has ties to SPN! Daniel Hugh Kelly, who plays McCormick also starred in the SPN Season 1 episode of "Dead In The Water". And the late, great director Kim Manners, directed 6 episodes of "Hardcastle and McCormick".

I also plan to take notes on each episode: getting quotes, making note of continuity & filmmaking errors, listing the songs, and more. If you're interested in this, please let me know in the comments.

The show's into - which pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the series. Great theme song, too!


Here's a couple of sample screencaps to give you some idea of what I'm getting. I've enlarged the caps just a bit, so they're 720 pixels wide, and IMO they still look pretty good, especially for a 1980s show.

Click to view them full-sized.

HM_Test_047 HM_Test_061 

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TV Notes: The List

Came up with a new, little project (like I need another one). It's all because I found out Garret Wang & Robbie McNeil (from Star Trek: Voyager) have a new podcast (The Delta Flyers) where they're watching all the episodes of Voyager & talking about them! I've already listened to the first several shows and they're wonderful! But of course, I realized that it's been a while since I watched the series, so I started rewatching them online. Anyway, Garret & Robbie talked about taking notes when they watched the episodes and that gave me an idea to take notes myself on each episode. I've already done 2 test runs. It's all very random stuff: thoughts, observations, questions, and of course a few favorite quotes.

My plan is to fill up a journal with my notes, one page per episode.

Then I got to thinking of other TV series that I've really loved over the years that I'd like to do this with as well. All non-comedies, of course. I came up with the list below. Btw, the reason SPN isn't on this list is because I know we all love the show and I do plan on taking notes on the series, but it'll probably be sometime in the future.

So I'd like to know if any of you are fans of these shows?
Would you like me to post my notes on each episode so we can talk about it?


The 100
Star Trek: Voyager
The X-Files
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
MacGyver (1985)
Alias
Quantum Leap
Dark Angel
Gilmore Girls
Flashpoint

Btw, it's not like I'll be taking these series one by one. I plan on watching several of them at once, because sometimes you feel like watching one show over another on a particular day. You know how it is, right?

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Merry Monday: "life gets tee-jus don't it?" & "In The Summertime" The Muppets

A couple more gems from The Muppet Show!
I know the 1st song because it's on one of my grandpa's 78 rpm records. And I love this rendition of "In The Summertime"! Just to give you some info. on The Country Trio, here's what it says on The Muppet Wiki site:

"The Country Trio was a hillbilly band consisting of Muppet versions of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Jerry Nelson. Jim played banjo, Frank played bass, and Jerry played guitar."

So the muppets in the trio actually look like their puppeteers! So cool! I do love how Jim Henson sang the line "Cause you don't want my love" with his face all smooshed up! LOL



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Merry Monday: The Mills Brothers on The Lawrence Welk Show

I grew up listening to the Mills Brothers music and watching The Lawrence Welk Show, so this fills two boxes on the nostalgia checklist. If you've never heard their beautiful harmonies, I urge you to check out all of their recordings. There isn't a bad one in the bunch!

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Give me your TV Series Recs, y'all!

With so many shows ending soon (shhhhh!) and my internet situation improving, I'm looking for new shows to start watching. I posted this to Twitter yesterday evening and got a lot of responses! Of course, I'd love for my LJ friends (and lurkers) to offer up their suggestions as well.

Feel free to check out the comments this Tweet over on Twitter to see what's already been mentioned (lots of Justified, Buffy, GOT). Even if you think I've probably watched a show, I can almost guarantee you that I haven't (no cable, ever), so mention away! ;)

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Merry Monday: The Ray Conniff Christmas Show (1965)

When I was growing up, Christmas music always meant the Ray Conniff singers, because we had 2 of their 3 Xmas albums on vinyl records (still do!). We'd play their songs over and over again. Nobody else had that same sound, beat, or beautiful harmonies. Enjoy! :D



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