I spend my lunch times watching series of programmes that warm my heart. As I'm a judge, I kind of like to "melt" a bit...besides, I'm an old softy that looks back to the past with much fondness.
Over last year I bought and watched all of Frasier which I loved. I then bought and just recently finished Cheers. Both were superb. So I was thinking about my next "venture" and then I remembered The Wonder Years.
I didn't see the whole thing, but I do recall catching an episode here and there and really liked it. Imagine my surprise, dismay and confusion when I found it on sale for an eye watering $300!!! :o
Apparently the people who wanted to make the DVD box set were being held to ransom for the musical score - of which it had plenty.
So - I'm pretty gutted. I just can't justify $300 + shipping for a 6 series program. Damn the music industry! :knuppel2:
go track down the box sets for That '70s Show
Boomtown is also good, but more of a serious drama
Oh no thanks. That doesn't look like my thing at all :-\
It's a bit too "modern" anyway. I'm looking at series that go into the early nineties...though Frasier was later, granted, but I already knew his character.
Just from the promo I saw of that, it isn't my humour. Cheers and Frasier had a "cute" kind of humour. I think a lot of "modern" humour is kind of in your face...like it's got to be obvious humour. Also I wanted to see how it panned out for the main protagonists...and I did, and I really liked them.
The Wonder Years was just downright cute.
Maybe I'll look at M.A.S.H of something similar. I never knew how that ended.
I think I'm specifically thinking about series I may have caught some episodes of, with a main character or a couple of main ones where I don't know how the series ended.
M.A.S.H is probably a good bet - I think I'd like to see how that ended.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on January 08, 2015, 03:42:24 PMMaybe I'll look at M.A.S.H of something similar. I never knew how that ended.
SPOILER ALERT:
The war ends
;)
Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 08, 2015, 03:51:17 PM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on January 08, 2015, 03:42:24 PMMaybe I'll look at M.A.S.H of something similar. I never knew how that ended.
SPOILER ALERT:
The war ends
;)
Technically it doesn't. :P
Quote from: mirth on January 08, 2015, 03:58:08 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 08, 2015, 03:51:17 PM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on January 08, 2015, 03:42:24 PMMaybe I'll look at M.A.S.H of something similar. I never knew how that ended.
SPOILER ALERT:
The war ends
;)
Technically it doesn't. :P
Brant's losing his edge. First he misses the opportunity to school Star on grammar, then he fails to note the Korean War didn't end.
Maybe this latest Polar Vortex has frozen his brain. (https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1081.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj349%2Flongblade%2FSmilies%2Fbrrr.gif&hash=35ad0f5815094c9ffc35da25f05db915e46e342e)
but if you want to get that picky... technically it wasn't ever a war, so there!
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Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 08, 2015, 04:01:36 PM
Quote from: mirth on January 08, 2015, 03:58:08 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 08, 2015, 03:51:17 PM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on January 08, 2015, 03:42:24 PMMaybe I'll look at M.A.S.H of something similar. I never knew how that ended.
SPOILER ALERT:
The war ends
;)
Technically it doesn't. :P
it does on the show
And that, folks, is why you should not try to learn your history from Alan Alda.
Alan Alda, didn't he invade Canada?
Quote from: endfire79 on January 08, 2015, 04:08:47 PM
Alan Alda, didn't he invade Canada?
Surrender pronto or we'll level Toronto!
For those of a certain age, if you read the novel MASH, or any of the sequels, you may recall that they didn't like lefties. Quite right wing. I think the author seperated himself by a mile from the TV show.
The Wonder Years is one of my favorite shows ever. And Danica McKellar is quite smokin' hawt now. :coolsmiley:
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And a Mensa member.
she can square my root number.
Quote from: Gusington on January 08, 2015, 10:15:56 PM
The Wonder Years is one of my favorite shows ever. And Danica McKellar is quite smokin' hawt now. :coolsmiley:
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aw maaaan....htf am I going to watch it now and stay in the bounds of decency!
She has definitely grown up! :-[
Along with Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Wonder Years was probably my favorite TV show when I was in high school.
And I've always been in love with McKellar. :smitten:
You want maybe I should find some Wonder Years DVDs that fell off the backuva truck?
LOL - yeah I checked online here and it's $250 US for a complete collection at TimeLife.com. That sounds about right. 115 episodes, that's just over two bucks an episode. $300 is a lot, though TimeLife says something about a deluxe version - no idea what's in that.
http://timelife.com/products/the-wonder-years-complete-series?utm_source=google&utm_medium=search-pla&utm_campaign=Y11GGSBGTL&utm_term=%7Bkeyword%7D&gclid=CIbk0_zFh8MCFewF7AodnGwArA
$2 an ep is what most TV shows cost when streaming from Amazon or iTunes. At least, when TEOTWAWKI hits, a bicycle-powered generator and portable DVD player will still let you watch those Wonder Years box sets while you huddle in the ruins.
$2 an episode (£1) is nothing...it's the layout of $250-$300 (£165-198) which is hard to swallow.
In comparison, Frasier cost me £0.19 ($0.29) per episode and Cheers was £0.18 ($0.27) per episode....much more in my price range.
Danica would have no problem swallowing that.
The actor who played Paul in the wonder years is actually an attorney at a local NYC law firm.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on January 10, 2015, 12:58:18 PM
The actor who played Paul in the wonder years is actually an attorney at a local NYC law firm.
No shit! Prosecution or Defence or something else?
If you don't mind me asking, what are you by the way?
Quote from: JudgeDredd on January 12, 2015, 01:27:40 AM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on January 10, 2015, 12:58:18 PM
The actor who played Paul in the wonder years is actually an attorney at a local NYC law firm.
No shit! Prosecution or Defence or something else?
If you don't mind me asking, what are you by the way?
Looks like he does general corporate work and intellectual property. Here is his firm profile: http://www.morrisoncohen.com/jsaviano (http://www.morrisoncohen.com/jsaviano)
He is a bright guy...went to Yale undergrad and to a respected local law school in Brooklyn.
I would say 90% of my practice is commercial litigation, mostly cases representing both plaintiffs and defendants in construction, real estate and business disputes. The balance of my practice is transactional involving contract review, drafting of wills, and military law (i.e. discharge status review, court martial appeals, etc.)