tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post5255531188312358102..comments2024-03-20T08:32:25.794-04:00Comments on Dept. of Nance: The Final Top Ten List: Ten Television Shows I MissNancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-84642471041054979182015-09-11T15:32:46.539-04:002015-09-11T15:32:46.539-04:00NCmountainwoman--Hey there! Welcome to the Dept. ...NCmountainwoman--Hey there! Welcome to the Dept. and thanks for commenting. <br /><br />You know, I keep waiting and waiting for this to come to The Netflix. Sigh. Still NOT.<br /><br />I love Aaron Sorkin's creativity. He does such good stuff: TWW, Moneyball, Newsroom, and Sports Night, which I also wish for on The Netflix and also...NOT.<br /><br />I think The Netflix and I are having some Serious Relationship Issues.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-23400485904166677962015-09-11T14:13:09.850-04:002015-09-11T14:13:09.850-04:00Newsroom. Definitely Newsroom. I would love to l...Newsroom. Definitely Newsroom. I would love to live in a nation created by Aaron Sorkin.NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-74149069535141417012015-09-10T12:43:01.327-04:002015-09-10T12:43:01.327-04:00Becky Hill--Hello, and welcome to the Dept! Bless...Becky Hill--Hello, and welcome to the Dept! Bless your heart for a second Go-Round on TWW. I don't know if I'd do that again, but I never say never anymore. The acting is so good and the dialog so smart, I might have to one day. Thanks for commenting; I hope you do it again!Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-57671405297654937172015-09-09T18:26:02.014-04:002015-09-09T18:26:02.014-04:00West Wing. I'm binge watching on Netflix for t...West Wing. I'm binge watching on Netflix for the second time. Love love love that show. Becky Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885147618293817678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-86868030293394352592015-09-05T20:56:11.428-04:002015-09-05T20:56:11.428-04:00The woman he was taking the class with was Nancy, ...The woman he was taking the class with was Nancy, and her husband was Elliott the redheaded guy. That was indeed a great episode. The scene Bug references is before they broke up, I think..they were seeing a therpist. She was trying to put the spark back in their relationship, and he was pushing her away. Very painful. What a good show. <br /><br />We watched Soap and Mary Hartman. Both very good and funny. :)Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653383372182667361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-52681436139247375472015-09-01T20:44:23.203-04:002015-09-01T20:44:23.203-04:00Bug--Elliott was the redheaded guy. I don't r...Bug--Elliott was the redheaded guy. I don't recall that scene, but apparently you do! I loved the scene when Michael took the fiction writing class and stole the real-life moment of one of his friends (a woman) wearing her husband's watch during a time they made love. He read the story out loud, and she was infuriated. She said that now, when she remembers the moment, he will be there with them. Just a really neat scene.<br /><br />Never saw either of the shows you mentioned. But they both had huge followings, I know.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-88574543065040035082015-09-01T19:48:01.175-04:002015-09-01T19:48:01.175-04:00I miss Buffy & Firefly - but even if they were...I miss Buffy & Firefly - but even if they were still on we probably wouldn't watch them. Every now & then we'll watch a movie, but we just don't watch TV shows anymore. Mike isn't interested & I actually kind of like the quiet - ha! I do miss our Atlanta Braves. Oh, there's a team called the Braves that's still playing, but they're just playing the Braves on TV...<br /><br />Every time I shave I think about Thirtysomething & how Elliott?? & Whatsername were separated & he came over & they had sex, but then he made a snarky comment about how she hadn't shaved. Grrr... Although I loved his red hair. Ha!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-69786814180417188862015-09-01T13:44:13.087-04:002015-09-01T13:44:13.087-04:00Ally Bean--Rick was a huge fan of Soap, which star...Ally Bean--Rick was a huge fan of Soap, which starred Billy Crystal, among others. I wasn't among its fans, but I was in the minority on that one. I think my dad watched something else in that time slot, and he was the TV Boss in that era before multiple household TVs.<br /><br />I loved Bob Newhart in all of its configurations. Larry, Darryl, and his Other Brother Darryl never failed to make me laugh, and Bob Newhart's delivery was always flawless. He was great guest-starring on The Big Bang Theory most recentlly.<br /><br />I like Roseanne quite a bit early on, and then it lost me as all sitcoms usually do. The aplomb with which they dealt with the two Beckys was pretty funny, though.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-68865784112873774102015-09-01T13:09:08.643-04:002015-09-01T13:09:08.643-04:00We were just talking about Soap the other night. ...We were just talking about Soap the other night. It was from the same era as Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (which I only vaguely remember). At the time I thought that Soap was the most delightfully cynical TV show I'd ever seen. <br /><br />Other shows that I miss are: Firefly (sci-fi), The Bob Newhart Show [either one] & Roseanne. Ally Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17017098395188176477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-60783798649074945082015-09-01T10:03:51.724-04:002015-09-01T10:03:51.724-04:00Mary G--I used to tease my Uncle Jul, a huge Star ...Mary G--I used to tease my Uncle Jul, a huge Star Trek fan. I still can't believe he, a tough Hungarian guy who was a drinker and a real Typical Guy, was a Trekkie. When I was a kid, I used to write silly poems about Star Trek for him. <br /><br />I was never much for SciFi--the show "Fringe" was as close as I got, and I stopped watching that when they got too far gone into the parallel world--so I wasn't much for Star Trek. I did like "Lost in Space" as a kid, though.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-21774428003369163672015-09-01T09:59:27.836-04:002015-09-01T09:59:27.836-04:00phoebes--Hee hee. I stand corrected. As you can ...phoebes--Hee hee. I stand corrected. As you can see, I was NOT a Regular Watcher of the series. Now I recall the character of Kristin and remember the whole thing. Sigh. I also remember seeing a gag reel of each character shooting JR, too, so that no one in the cast knew who really did it. They even filmed JR shooting JR, as a laugh. Now THAT, I remember. Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-77659310825137995842015-09-01T09:12:57.870-04:002015-09-01T09:12:57.870-04:00Sorry, Nance, but I must gently correct you. Charl...Sorry, Nance, but I must gently correct you. Charlene Tilton - with the big blonde 80's hair - played Lucy Ewing, the niece of JR. (Her father was the loser-brother, Gary, who was cast off to Southern California with a TV spin-off "Knots Landing, while Lucy stayed with Uncle JR)<br /><br />The real shooter - though not killer - was Kristin Shepard (JR's wife, Suellen's sister, with whom JR was having an affair). She was played by Mary Crosby, daughter of Bing. <br /><br />There was much speculation about "Who Shot JR" but I figured it out really early when I read that Mary Crosby had only been signed for the first four or five shows in the new season. <br /><br />Got it now?phoebes in santa fehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10083814964836187823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-2425036407072288882015-09-01T05:41:37.768-04:002015-09-01T05:41:37.768-04:00The music issue is why they haven't released C...The music issue is why they haven't released Cold Case. Every episode included flashbacks to a diffferent time period with music from that time and I guess licensing has been a nightmare.Diabetes is the Baby of the Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12219055627099778560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-57830819915721199052015-08-31T21:41:51.187-04:002015-08-31T21:41:51.187-04:00Startrek, the original. Yeah, I am that old.Startrek, the original. Yeah, I am that old.MARY Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178370815712313585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-43970655822440616962015-08-31T21:18:23.772-04:002015-08-31T21:18:23.772-04:00phoebes--I just barely remember Dallas. I didn...phoebes--I just barely remember Dallas. I didn't watch it, but my mother did at first. I do remember how "Who shot J.R.?" got to be such a huge deal. I even remember the actress who played the character who actually shot him. Charlene Tilton. But as to her character's name or why she shot him...no idea! That show created a lot of brief careers.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-92218516300662612932015-08-31T21:14:07.451-04:002015-08-31T21:14:07.451-04:00J@jj--I can imagine that music licensing could tri...J@jj--I can imagine that music licensing could trip up releasing a series. I'll be patient and wait for it to come out on something I can get for free or almost free. <br /><br />I never did get onto Buffy VS or Battlestar although my brother-in-law was a huge fan of the latter. I once bought him a goofy little handheld video game of it for Christmas.<br /><br />I hope Downton Abbey's last season is one that makes us all really, really miss it. It has been such a satisfying series.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-46457389066223784142015-08-31T21:08:54.058-04:002015-08-31T21:08:54.058-04:00Rose--Wasn't it good? The Ellyn character got...Rose--Wasn't it good? The Ellyn character got on my nerves something awful, but I liked everyone else.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-73218646338037292322015-08-31T19:39:45.262-04:002015-08-31T19:39:45.262-04:00I rarely watched TV, but the series I miss is &quo...I rarely watched TV, but the series I miss is "Dallas", the original one with Larry Hagman and Linda Gray. phoebes in santa fehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10083814964836187823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-53878332741706954042015-08-31T18:53:29.018-04:002015-08-31T18:53:29.018-04:00We rewatched Thirtysomething a few years ago, but ...We rewatched Thirtysomething a few years ago, but I don't remember how...maybe it was on Netflix for awhile? It's not anymore, at least not for instant view. Maybe the DVDs. If you still have an old school DVD rental place, they might have it. You can view it on Amazon streaming, though it's not free with Prime, it's kinda pricey. There were issues with music licening or something stupid, so it didn't get released on DVD even until 2010. But you could pay a bunch and buy the DVDs if you're determined.<br /><br />I miss Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, and Mad Men. I will miss Downton Abbey as well.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653383372182667361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-9501258109038308082015-08-31T18:26:35.163-04:002015-08-31T18:26:35.163-04:00As soon as I saw the title of this post, I thought...As soon as I saw the title of this post, I thought of thirty something! I loved that show too and would love to rewatch it, so do tell if you find it somewhere!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.com