29 days of tv: day 19 – best kiss

Now, I should first say that I am a prude. I do not like love scenes as a rule and I hate seeing screen kisses where there is mouth noise and/or viewable tongue. It grosses me out. This may seem odd to you people, but it’s me.

The best kiss in the history of television happened in 1972 on All in the Family. Archie Bunker was a racist cab driver and Sammy Davis, Jr had left something in his cab. They posed for a photo together and Sammy kissed Archie on the cheek. At the time, this was huge. If you’re not familiar with Archie, he was bigoted against every nationality, race,and religion. Almost all of us can identify with it because there is a bigot in every family. It may be an elderly uncle you never see, but you have one.

 

 

29 day television challenge: day 16 – favorite mini-series

The Beatles Anthology.

The Beatles Anthology was broadcast in 1995 and I spent several nights watching it in a friend's apartment back in college. I am and have always been a Beatles fan, collector, and afficianado since the age of 10. I remember hearing "Norwegian Wood" in a clothing store in the Arcadia, LA outlet mall and I was hooked. For Beatles fans, the Anthology series was awesome because it told the stories behind the stories from the (at the time) three living Beatles. Looking back, it was really something. It aired before George Harrison's death and we got to see his interviews. This was different because Harrison was very private, but he was quite candid in these interviews. The bonus features on the DVD now have outtakes of Paul, George, and Ringo jamming and talking in a way we're not used to seeing. Watching the Anthology still makes me very happy. Here is one of my favorite parts, a little of one of the bonus features. 

 

29 day television challenge: day 15 – your guilty pleasure show

My guilty pleasure show is My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I watch this while getting my children ready for school in the morning because I have given up on morning news. This show has everything (read in Stefon's voice) – unicorns, ponies, pegauses (pegasusi?), a baby dragon who eats gemstones, parties, fashion design, sonic rainbooms, and is that Grace Jones as a bartender? NO! it's a witchdoctor zebra. 

Here's one of my favorite scenes.

 

happy paper doily hearts day

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I would post what I'm doing for Paper Doily Hearts Day, but I don't want y'all to be jealous of me eating M&M's and watching Hoarders after going to Target for white Russian fixins'.  And I'm not going to tell y'all that my hubs gave me a card and asked if I needed some Biolage conditioner because you internet strangers don't need to know the intimate details of my romantical life.