tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post379964639858591469..comments2024-02-29T03:29:52.934-05:00Comments on A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago: Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-22660727125953700022014-05-19T14:03:33.242-04:002014-05-19T14:03:33.242-04:00As I think I've mentioned before, I was only a...As I think I've mentioned before, I was only allowed to stay up until 11pm one night a week in the mid-80s, thus forcing me to choose between St. Elsewhere and Hill Street Blues. (This was before we got a VCR.) So I would watch each one every other week, and my dad would describe for me the episodes I missed. It's one of my fondest memories of him. <br /><br /><br />Can't wait to read this book!Marshanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-4331326362183937862014-05-16T14:14:22.724-04:002014-05-16T14:14:22.724-04:00Yep. Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere were my ...Yep. Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere were my absolute sweet spot, though it's funny to look back and realize that my parents were letting 10-12 year old me stay up late to watch, when I think about where we've tended to draw the content line with our kids at the same ages. (Granted, the expected content on your average TV drama is WAY different today than 30+ years ago.)Adam C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-78282061944934612532014-05-16T14:05:56.663-04:002014-05-16T14:05:56.663-04:00Yes, presold for me too. Although I hope there...Yes, presold for me too. Although I hope there's more about St. Elsewhere than just the snowglobe ending. Perhaps I'm biased because that show fell perfectly in my development as a young serial TV watcher, but it's so much more than that, and rather under-rated in the development of longform television drama.Tinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-6915649764039629992014-05-16T12:37:54.386-04:002014-05-16T12:37:54.386-04:00So when WILL we get to read "Whatchoo Talkin&...So when WILL we get to read "Whatchoo Talkin' 'Bout, Menstoes?"Adam C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-21745606892354074572014-05-16T12:13:29.853-04:002014-05-16T12:13:29.853-04:00Co-sign with Finn. Now can we please - PLEASE - p...Co-sign with Finn. Now can we please - PLEASE - place that comma where it belongs: "WONDER TWINS POWERS, ACTIVATE!"<br />(Opine away as to whether "Wonder Twins" is intended as a descriptive modifier or a possessive.)Adam C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-83585140184980810752014-05-16T12:02:32.508-04:002014-05-16T12:02:32.508-04:00"If you're a film buff, you can think of ..."If you're a film buff, you can think of it as a TV take on "The New <br />Biographical Dictionary of Film." If you're a sports nerd, it's us doing<br /> the TV take on "The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract" or Bill <br />Simmons' "The Book of Basketball." "<br /><br />TAKE MY MONEY NOW. I don't care if it's a cliche. Like Glen Weldon's upcoming book on Batman and nerd culture, this'll be a pre-order for me, no question.Joseph Finnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-35873057463791720592014-05-16T11:21:25.078-04:002014-05-16T11:21:25.078-04:00Full disclosure, though I think some here know thi...Full disclosure, though I think some here know this: I represented Alan in his negotiations with his literary agent back in 2012. The contract does not allow me to guest-write the essay on Diff'rent Strokes, Webster, and the Politics of Race on TV in the 1980s.Adam B.noreply@blogger.com