How does one befriend these kindly folks?
I'm afraid it's a pretty tight knit group for the moment. There are copyright and privacy concerns. If you end up joining us for our Wednesday nights, though, we're talking about doing live readings!
Watching Star Trek for the first time (again)
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I'm afraid it's a pretty tight knit group for the moment. There are copyright and privacy concerns. If you end up joining us for our Wednesday nights, though, we're talking about doing live readings!
So tell me...are the travelers planning to miss the first broadcast of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown for freakin' "Miri"...?
Yes.
Charlie Brown -- people being mean to each other, the cartoon.
After the lousiness of the Christmas special, you can bet we're not hurrying back for more.
Yeah, what do millions of families who made the special annual event viewing for generations know?
The Peanuts specials are in good company with Forbidden Planet and Batman.
The Peanuts specials are in good company with Forbidden Planet and Batman.
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I should add: BONK! BONK! on the head! BONK! BONK!
Speaking of which, look who was on last week's (66-10-19) I, Spy:
Too which I add a "No Blah Blah Blah!"
Those specials are indeed quite special and remain a source of pure joy for me.
The way I see it, a denizen of 55 years ago could watch the special, switch over to NBC when it's over, and see what a crappy episode they've been missing.
I guarantee, based on past performance, we'll be tuning into Trek, not Peanuts.
We're not missing out on a thing.
I loved them as a kid, too. When the mean treatment occurred, we would be a little sad about it, but that was the point, and we rolled with the story. Kids were just expected to have a thicker skin in the 1960s and 70s, so we did. "That's life."
The funny thing is, when I caught up with the Christmas Special a few years ago, the mean bits seemed super harsh, and took me out of the story. I was shocked. Our culture changed so much from the 1980s onward, it had changed me and my expectations along with it. And this new sensitivity is not entirely a good thing. It's made us pretty soft.
I have to say, one pure good in the Christmas Special is its music. And last year I found the soundtrack CD in a thrift shop for a dollar. That was a steal.
Was it supposed to be a secret?
This, this, so much this. In the '60s, '70s, '80s, there were kids who were picked on and felt like losers. Charlie Brown was a character they could relate to.
I agree with this. But for different reasons, the special grew up with me in a big way. When I was a kid, I thought Charlie Brown was being too much of a downer by kiddie holiday special standards. I get what he was going on about so much more as a jaded adult. There's also some easily overlooked pop culture relevance to be found in it. I've seen the special credited for killing the aluminum Christmas tree fad...which was so thoroughly dead by the time I was watching the special in the '70s that I had no idea what that commentary was about.
Ah, and then THIS! The music is abso-fucking-lutey gorgeous, and must-listening every holiday season.
Oh yeah, Vince Guaraldi is a genius.
Interestingly, at our annual Oktoberfest, we had an extraordinary number of talented musical performers. One of them jumped on our piano and played Lucy and Linus (the eternal Peanuts song).
Phrasing.
I just picked up the steelbook TOS set I’m such a sucker but they are nice although I’m not a fan of stacked disks I’m gonna have to sell my original blu’s.
Anyhow since I have them doing a rewatch of the with original effects and stereo sound
Anyhow since I have them doing a rewatch of the with original effects and stereo sound
I've got a date with a very sincere pumpkin patch tonight.
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