Evert F. Baumgardner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass , the doorstop dog, is trying to assist the keeper in filling the entertainment void that occurred some years ago when he—the keeper stopped watching TV football games, his thinking at the time being that late in the 4th quarter of his life there …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to the Swamps of Jersey
Not the Way it Used to Be: Review of The Many Saints of Newark Stephen Hanafin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter After watching The Many Saints of Newark, HBO’s celebrated prequel to its blockbuster series, The Sopranos, I can only imagine how much more disappointed the average fan is with this production than with …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to Downtown Easttown: Review of “Mare of Easttown”
Artwork by Michael DiMilo Review by Geoff Carter HBO’s limited series Mare of Easttown is a compelling seven-part thriller that stretches the boundaries of expectations for the criminal drama genre. Mare Sheehan, Eastown’s veteran police detective, is not a typical TV cop. Although skilled, conscientious, and devoted to duty, Mare is also acerbic, brutally honest, and has–not …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to Home Sweet Home
Photo by Taryn Elliott from Pexels By Geoff Carter It looks as if we’re finally over the hump. It’s the beginning of the end. Covid infections—and deaths in the U.S.—are on the decrease and shrinking daily. We’ve been told we can actually gather in public again without fearing for our health, and that those of us who are …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to Saturday Mornings
By Geoff Carter Last January, the MeTV Network, which unabashedly calls itself “America’s #1 classic television network” announced a new morning show, Toon in With Me, which airs Saturday mornings and features classic cartoons. It’s sort of a variety show featuring special guests, comedy sketches, and interviews designed to lead into Saturday Morning Cartoons, a three-hour collection …
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Make America Spock Again
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter During my college years, after class, my friends and I would get together afternoons to watch daily reruns of the original Star Trek. Of course, before the innumerable spin-offs and marketing re-imaginings, it was the only Star Trek. It soon became apparent that while we appreciated Captain Kirk’s boldness, Dr. …
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