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  1. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Radio Program You Heard?

    A couple more Jack Benny programs, jumping from the The Jell-o Program to The Lucky Strike Show. There was an especially enjoyable broadcast parodying It's a Wonderful Life, with a guest shot by Frank Capra himself. Jack dreams the plot, with Victor Moore's unmistakeable voice subbing for Henry...
  2. Julian Shellhammer

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill, a BBC series from 1974. Courtesy the Acorn streaming service. Very well-done show about rich people with inherited wealth and power working through relationships and social issues. We like it very much. ...and finished the last episode of When Calls the Heart...
  3. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Illegal is a remake of a 1932 Warren William movie, entitled The Mouthpiece; the plots track pretty closely. I do not recall where I saw the '32 version, but it is still worth a watch. There was a remake in 1940, The Man Who Talked Too Much, with George Brent in the lead. The Robinson version is...
  4. Julian Shellhammer

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Found Crime Story available on Amazon Prime - saw a couple episodes when it came out in the 80s and liked the show. The Missus likes it a lot. And the cars! Most are the size and weight of a Sherman tank, with chrome everything, fins, the jet-fighter tail lights, oh man oh man oh man-
  5. Julian Shellhammer

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    Got in late last night so it was Knob Creek Bourbon before turning in.
  7. Julian Shellhammer

    What Are You Reading

    Just started The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington, for our next read-aloud book. I had read it decades ago, but it's new to the Missus. On the side, I'm revisiting Red Harvest by Hammett.
  8. Julian Shellhammer

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    Last night, some Knob Creek 100 Proof Bourbon. Good burn, eaaassssy sipping for a relaxed evening. The Missus enjoyed her usual Boston Side Car but with cognac instead brandy; she endorses it whole-heartedly.
  9. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Old Acquaintance (1943) with Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins. Hopkins plays her character nearly over the top, Davis plays it on the calmer side, but the energy that meets in the middle is just right.
  10. Julian Shellhammer

    What are you listening to?

    Buddie's Lounge podcast, music from what the host calls "the Golden Age of Stereo", roughly late 1950s to mid 1960s. Artists run the gamut from Alvino Rey to Louis Prima to Si Zenter to Doris Day and many more. Good stuff.
  11. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Too Hot to Handle (1938) with Myrna Loy, Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, and many others. Rival newsreel reporters Gable and Pidgeon try to out-scoop each other in exotic locales. Loy is sort of the the romantic competition 'twixt the two. However, Pidgeon plays the Ralph Bellamy part, so 'nuff...
  13. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Seven Samurai (1954) dir. Akira Kurosawa. This time, I watched it on the Criterion Channel with the commentary by Michael Jeck, and it is remarkable. A number of insights regarding Japanese culture for those unfamiliar with it, as well as explanations about some of the Japanese language idioms...
  14. Julian Shellhammer

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Acorn TV, the streaming service that offers BBC and other shows, made their own called Queens of Mystery. 6 episodes, each story complete in back-to-back show. However, the look and feel and writing reminds one of watching those Hallmark Mystery Channel mysteries (which is not bad, don't get me...
  15. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Slipped my mind - about a week or so ago, The Southerner, with Zachary Scott and Betty Field, struggling farmers in the south. Well-done, with Scott getting to act a believable, sympathetic character. Also with Beulah Bondi as the anti-Mrs. Bailey granny.
  16. Julian Shellhammer

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Thanks to Prime Video, a couple episodes of Tombstone Territory ("the town too tough to die"), and Yancy Derringer, with Jock Mahoney as Yancy, and X Brands as Wolf Who Stands in Water. Strongly written characters and stories, a blast from my past. ...and the return of When Calls the Heart...
  17. Julian Shellhammer

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    Tonight, actually, sipped some very good Bushmill's 16 Year Old Single Malt, whilst enjoying our periodic Movie Night with friends.
  19. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The other night, The Shop Around the Corner. Had not seen it all the way through. Good, but not good enough to watch a second time. Tonight, Love Crazy (1941) one of the 14 Myrna Loy-William Powell films they made together. Misunderstandings lead to a potential divorce, but silly antics lead to...
  20. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I think I may have seen the inspiration for Fractured Flickers. A Pete Smith Specialty entitled "Flicker Memories" was a silent short given the Smith treatment with wacky sound effects and an equally wacky narration. It's on the TCM steaming service. Good guy sheriff type versus a no-good-nik...
  21. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Youngest Shellhammer and I watched it, and you're right about it's being underwhelming. Even my son, who is quite knowledgeable about DC print and film, thought it did not deliver.
  22. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Last night, Captain Marvel. Well-done, with enough links to the MCU to fit in the story arc. That said, I did not connect with the story or the characters to the degree I have with all the other Marvel movies. Still, lots of laughs, dazzling special effects, and 1995's Fury and Coulson.
  23. Julian Shellhammer

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    The Far Pavilions, from 1984, off the Acorn streaming service.

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