#first it was 10 seasons of letterkenny

[wellhalesbells]

TAG SOMEONE YOU WANT TO KNOW AND/OR SOME OF YOUR BESTIES

Tagged by @kikiroo - thank you, my darling!!! *friendly shark bites at you*

Last song: Probably either The Man or Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift. I just spent a week with my sister on vacation and she had just watched the Eras Tour movie so she was getting both of those stuck in my head all the time, and then we'd have to listen to them ofc.

Last movie: It was Host by Rob Savage (or at least it was when I started this, lol). I watched it 'cause I saw something on Insta about the Top 10 Scariest Movies according to what the average resting heart rate is for it. I didn't find it very scary (got me at the end though, woo boy) but I did love it - but then I love things that use the pandemic well and this definitely did imo. Plus it's all structured around (and shot through) a Zoom interface so it's only, like, fifty-seven minutes long because that's all you get when you don't pay for Zoom, haha.

Currently watching: Goosebumps, Last Week Tonight, The Fall of the House of Usher, Two Sentence Horror Stories, Our Flag Means Death and Ghost Files and I am half-assing all of it. I've either only started the first episode or only watched the first episode on all of those. I have no staying power these days. Though I am only one ep behind on Last Week Tonight \o/

Other stuff I watched this year: Unfortunately for you guys, I write fucking everything down and it is now the tenth month of the year. I GOT RECS. Well, Meg 2: The Trench, which is a cinematic masterpiece and I will take no questions on that (unless they're Joming related). (Cognizant of the month) Here are spooky things I watched this year and liked a lot: X, The Black Phone, The Menu, Terrifier and Terrifier 2 (this is definitely only for gore fans though), Bodies Bodies Bodies, Cocaine Bear (also a cinematic masterpiece, also not taking questions), Interview with the Vampire, Wednesday, Severance, Evil, The Last of Us, Over the Garden Wall, Magpie Murders, What We Do in the Shadows, and Shining Vale (haven't started the second season yet!). Also really liked: Paddington, Nimona, Barbie, Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse, Vivo, Derry Girls, The Bear, The Boys, Mythic Quest, Only Murders in the Building (I haven't watched the new season yet though but I expect great things), Reboot, Tuca & Bertie, Los Espookys, Barry, Extraordinary, Crashing (I literally watched it three times in a row - watching Sam and Fred fall in love 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 plus I fucking love Jonathan Bailey - I consistently find him ridiculously charming), Hacks, Avenue 5 (so sad this got canceled when I feel like it just hit its stride), Staged (I've watched it probably six times now), Abbott Elementary, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Ted Lasso, I Think You Should Leave Now (just for that one sketch, you know the one and, if you don't, I am HAPPY to tell you about it!), Unstable (petition for Fred Armisen to be in everything though, right?), Black Mirror, Central Park, Elite (I haven't watched the new season yet!), Reservation Dogs (ditto), The White Lotus, Good Omens, Letterkenny, Minx (what's ditto but for the third time?), Heartstopper, Sasaki and Miyano, and The Other Two.

Shows I dropped/didn’t finish: I'm behind on everything all the time so I'm only going to answer for shows I dropped and I don't think I've dropped any this year?

Currently reading: The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw & Richard Kadrey (about halfway through), House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (I'll be reading this until I die, I think), Cunk on Everything by Philomena Cunk, The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab (nearly finished!), The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith, My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon and The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice (decided to do a reread of the IwtV series this year since I never actually finished it and only got to book ten and I read it way too long ago to remember anything that's happening if I just picked it up now).

Currently listening to: My calendar alarm telling me to go to my dog's vet appointment.

Currently working on: getting at least a third of the way through My Darling Girl

Also absolutely no pressure tagging @andavs, @callunavulgari, @piratefalls, @clotpolesonly, and anyone else who wants to do this!

#uh oh i've found the keyboard again #okay i really HAVE to go to this appt now omg #meme #meme answers

[laresearchette]

Monday, January 01, 2024 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: MAS*H: THE COMEDY THAT CHANGED TELEVISION (CTV) 8:00pm AMERICA'S GOT TALENT: FANTASY LEAGUE (City TV) 8:00pm 90 DAY FIANCÉ (TLC Canada) 8:00pm TAKING ON TAYLOR SWIFT (CNN) 9:00pm KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP (Food Network Canada) 9:00pm CELEBRITY IOU (HGTV Canada) 9:00pm HGTV DREAM HOME 2024 (HGTV Canada) 11:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT?: 2023 ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY (ABC Feed)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

CBC GEM BOOKSMART GRAND DESIGNS AUSTRALIA (Season 10 B)

CRAVE TV THE HANGOVER HOUSE OF KARDASHIAN (Episodes 1-3)

DISNEY + STAR FX’S AMERICAN HORROR STORY: DELICATE (Season 12A)

NETFLIX CANADA ANNIE (1982) BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE BITCONNED BRAVEN CHAPPIE FOOL ME ONCE (GB) LOURDERMILK (Seasons 1-3) MAHALIA MANDY ONE PIECE: MARINEFORD SEX TAPE SOMETHING BORROWED WAR DOGS YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT: A TWIN EXPERIMENT

PWHL HOCKEY (SN1/TSN/TSN3/TSN4) 12:00pm: New York vs. Toronto

NBA BASKETBALL (SN1) 3:00pm: Timberwolves vs. Knicks (SN/SN1) 7:30pm: Cavaliers vs. Raptors (TSN2) 8:00pm: Pacers vs. Bucks (SN/SN1) 10:30pm: Heat vs. Clippers

NHL HOCKEY (SN) 3:00pm: Knights vs. Kraken

MURDOCH MYSTERIES (CBC) 8:00pm: Murdoch investigates the shooting of a local construction company owner who was executed in a barber shop.

DESIGNING CHRISTMAS (CTV2) 8:00pm: Complicated and unexplored emotions may jeopardize everything between Stella and Pablo, co-hosts of a home renovation show, as they work together during the holidays.

A CHRISTMAS… PRESENT (Super Channel Heart & Home) 8:00pm: Knowing that this is to be Paul's first Christmas alone with his daughter, Ashley, since his wife's passing, Maggie decides to bring Eric and the kids for a visit to spread some Christmas cheer.

MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE (CBC) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): The sister of a missing woman hires Eliza to find her, but the case was already closed by the police -- creating new tensions between Eliza and the Duke.

GOLD DIGGERS (W Network) 9:00pm/9:30pm (SERIES PREMIERE): It's 1853, and two ratbag sisters from Sydney travel to the Australian Gold Rush in search of their own treasure: newly rich idiots.

TO CATCH A SMUGGLER (Nat Geo Canada) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): An HSI stakeout leads to nearly $500,000 of meth and fentanyl in San Diego; CBP finds concealed cash and a carload of cocaine at the El Paso border.

LETTERKENNY (Crave) 9:00pm/9:30pm/10:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): MoDean's hosts a night of standup. In Episode Two, the Skids engineer a country music hit. In Episode Three, Dary gets in with a bad crowd.

#cdntv #cancon #canadian tv #canadian tv listings #murdoch mysteries #miss scarlet and the duke #gold diggers #letterkenny #pwhl hockey #nba basketball #nhl hockey

[saltybenchday]

TAG GAME: EIGHT TEN (cuz I can’t count) SHOWS TO GET TO KNOW ME

Thanks for the tag @lordjohnwgrey!

Not sure if I have 8 whole shows, but let's see!

(this got long sry)

Favorites I will rewatch for eternity:

Outlander - I hate it here but I can't leave. Have rewatched an embarrassing number of times. Lord John deserves the whole entire world and I WILL fight anyone about this... 0/10 someone help me

Black Sails - Honest to goodness one of the best shows ever made. The writing is incredible, the acting is flawless, the camera work and staging are beyond clever. This show will ruin you for other shows...10/10 WATCH BLACK SAILS (should be tattooed on my forehead)

Bridgerton - Listen. It's got to be one of the most aesthetically pleasing shows ever. It's so pretty. The music, costumes and people are all just✨ pretty ✨...7/10 for the show, 10/10 for Kate Sharma

Comedies I love:

The Good Place - Comfort show, funny and well done, always happy to rewatch

Letterkenny - If you watch it, you know why it's amazing. If you don't you should. This show is modern-day Shakespeare and I'm not joking

Community - Listen, did it age well? No. Is it good past the first couple of seasons? Ok also, kind of no. But Troy and Abed 🤍

Random shows that somehow altered my brain chemistry:

Interview With a Vampire- I mean it's just *good*, like all around so well done. Literally no notes.

Our Flag Means Death - Look, do I feel a bit bitter at it being 'the gay pirate show' when Black Sails exists? Sure. But it's funny and goofy and wacky, and sometimes that's what you need.

Killing Eve - No, I haven't watched the last season because I know how it ends and I refuse. But damn it is some of the best acting I've ever seen, Jodie Comer is a goddess.

The Last of Us- Ok, this one is a bit of a surprise because I don't usually do scary. But holy hell I've cried TWICE. I never cry at shows, literally ever. Its message is really about love, and it is some of the best direction I've seen in a TV show

Ooops I wrote an essay 😬 No tags but if you like it say I tagged you and I'll hype you up 😘

#tag game #get to know me or at least my questionable taste in TV shows #Yes I did rate Outlander 0 out of 10 even though I spend hours of my life writing fic about it. Don't @ me. #Thanks kayjay this was fun

[n7viper]

getting to know y'all~

Tagged by @commander-krios 💖 Thanks bb! I was gonna try to be cool and be like "well I tagged [these people] last time but I'm gonna tag someone else this time!" Except that it turns out I left it open last time 😎 So I'm STILL leaving it open because I'm shy today teehee :3c If you see this, you're tagged! Tag me so I can see your answers! 💖

Nickname: Just Viper :) I've been going by it for probably about 7 or 8 years now. You can call me Nic if you'd like, though. That's technically a nickname too (but is also just my name)

Sign: Aries ♈️ If you're into astrology, I'm apparently Aries sun, Pisces moon, and Libra rising. Whatever that means haha

Last Google Search: Alfajores! A friend sent me a video that had people eating them, so I asked my Chilean friend about them and also went searching for recipes. They look like tasty little cookies, and I wanna try them so badly.

Song stuck in my head: "Remember Me" by Currents

Sleep: I don't typically get as much sleep as I should. I'm a big night owl, and no amount of conditioning changes that. I usually get around 5-6 hours a night because I can't sleep until 2 or 3 but need to get up at 8. (I have tried everything, including medication, trust me) In an ideal world, my sleep schedule would be, like, 6am-2pm lol

Dream Job: This is unchanged from last time. I hate the term "dream job" but I would ideally work in a specific healthcare field or in animal welfare.

Wearing: Comfy black athletic shorts, a blue tie-dye Spiritbox t-shirt, and an Underoath hoodie from the Voyeurist Tour last year :3 (I'm seeing them in a few days, too!)

Favorite Song: Oh, I can't ever just pick one. However, according to last.fm, my most played song of all time is "Slaughterhouse (feat. Bryan Garris) by Motionless in White" with 210 scrobbles. It came out 10 months ago... lmao

Favorite Instrument: I can't play any, but my favourite to listen to is drums. I love absolutely disgusting blast beats; gets me hyped up every time.

Aesthetic: Modern, neon, or pastel-based things. I know, those are all a bit contrasting. My previous answer was fairy kei, and that still stands. Pastel goth.

Favorite Authors: I also don't read books much anymore. My favourite authors are all of the gay ppl writing fanfic in my phone 😘

Favorite Colour: PINK! Pink pink pink pink! I tend to gravitate more towards softer blushes or baby pinks, but most pinks are good. Green used to be my favourite as a kid, and I'm still partial to it.

Favorite animal sound: Same as Kay - cats purring. Alice has a slightly squeaky purr, and it melts my heart every time. It never gets old.

Last song: I'm listening to "Call of the Wild" by Powerwolf right this second.

Last series: I don't really watch much TV. I keep up with AEW Dynamite and Rampage every week, but that's not exactly the same. I binged the first 6 seasons of Letterkenny recently.

Random: Is mashed potatoes and gravy a whole meal? Because that's what I ate for lunch at 3:30pm like a normal human.

#I'm feelin funky and shy about tagging today; maybe because I'm really really active today and worried I'm annoying #I know I'm only hurting myself by continuing to thing that but ehhhhhh #kisses lol #tag games

[tellthemeerkatsitsfine]

I watched the first episode in the new season of Ted Lasso, and it’s all right. The whole show is all right. That might not be fair to say, as throughout the first two seasons, the show had flashes of being much better than all right, and I guess it still has the potential to do that, though I’m not hugely optimistic about that getting fulfilled. We’ll see, though. I still plan to watch all of season 3.

That got me thinking about what other non-Britcom comedy shows I like. I decided to make a list of my ten favourites of those, but then I decided that’s too broad a scope for only ten, so I narrowed it a bit. Down to my ten favourite fictional American comedy shows from the twenty-first century. So I get to leave out Canadian shows like Letterkenny and Schitt’s Creek, and the amazing Australian show Utopia(/Dreamland), and shows from a previous era like Cheers and M*A*S*H. They’re also listed in alphabetical order, because narrowing it down to ten was hard enough and ranking them would be even harder, though it’s probably accurate to put 30 Rock in first place.

1. 30 Rock

2. Archer

3. Arrested Development

4. Bojack Horseman

5. Brooklyn Nine Nine

6. Community

7. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

8. Flight of the Conchords

9. Parks and Rec

10. The Good Place

Honourable mentions (aka copout that lets me take the shows I had difficulty cutting from the list and include them anyway): Bob’s Burgers, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Party Down, Good News, Portlandia, about 58% of everything South Park’s ever made

Opinion that was once unpopular but probably isn’t anymore: The Office (US) is fine. It’s a good show, but I don’t understand why anyone would count it among the best comedy shows. I’ve seen every episode of it at least a couple of times, I actually used to re-watch it fairly often. But I’ve also eaten a lot of rice in my life, I still wouldn’t think to add rice to a list of my favourite foods.

Bonus list: my favourite Daily Show-like shows, fronted by someone who was once on The Daily Show - and this one I will put in order.

1. Last Week Tonight

2. The Colbert Report

3. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

4. The Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj

5. The Opposition with Jordan Klepper

Jon Stewart isn’t quite perfect, but he did spawn a hell of a generation.

[tvrundownusa]

tvrundown USA 2023.05.19

Friday, May 19th:

(exclusive): Letterkenny (hulu, "May 2-4" holiday special), Primo (freevee, coming-of-age comedy premiere, all 8 eps), Stillwater (apple+, season 3 available, all 10 eps), Muted (netflix, Spanish psychiatric thriller, all 6 eps)

(movies): "Consecration" (Shudder, horror), "The Getback" (TUBI, action-comedy), "White Men Can't Jump" (hulu, remake premiere), "Kathal - A Jackfruit Mystery" (netflix, Indian comedy, ~2hrs), Astérix & Obélix: "The Middle Kingdom" (netflix, French live-action, ~2hrs)

(streaming weekly): Spy/Master (HMax, KGB thriller series premiere, first 2 eps), Citadel (amazon, penultimate), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (amazon, penultimate), SILO (apple+), City on Fire (apple+), Drops of God (apple+), The Last Thing He Told Me (apple+, limited series finale), Big Beasts (apple+, next 2 eps, docuseries finale), RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (Para+), Untucked (Para+)

(original made-for-TV movies): "Unseen" (MGM+, Blumhouse horror thriller, 80mins), "Carrot Cake Murder" (HMM, a Hannah Swensen mystery, 2hrs)

(hour 1): S.W.A.T. (CBS, part 2/2, season 6 finale), Shark Tank (ABC, season 14 finale), Couples Therapy (SHO), Power Book II: Ghost (Starz, penultimate)

(hour 2): Fire Country (CBS, season 1 finale), Whose Line Is It Anyway? (theCW) / . / The Great American Joke-Off (theCW), Blindspotting (Starz) / . / Minx (Starz), The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (Shudder, spring finale)

(hour 3): Blue Bloods (CBS, season 13 finale), "The Secrets of Hillsong" (FX, docu-series premiere, first 2 parts)

(hour 4 - latenight): A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO, season 4 finale), "The Secrets of Hillsong" (FX, contd+ ~90mins)

[note: Jeopardy! Masters (ABC) tournament resumes on Monday.]

#SpyMaster #Letterkenny #AsterixObelix #HannahSwensen #Hillsong #television

[icarusthelunarguard]

This Week’s Horrible-Scopes

It’s time for this week’s Horrible-Scopes! So for those of you that know your Astrological Signs, cool! If not, just pick one, roll a D12, or just make it up as you go along. It really doesn’t matter.

Aries 

We were good to you viola players last week… and now it’s time to pay the piper. Everybody else, pay attention to how insane viola players are. They are the ONLY musicians insane enough to use a musical notation that changes what notes the musical staves are! You know Treble and Bass clefs on Piano scores, but they use one centered on Middle-C, but it can be MOVED in the middle of a performance and they’re just expected to cope with it. They’re not talented, they’ve got Multiple Personalities! 

Taurus 

Don’t dye your hair this week. The first step is to use peroxide to bleach out the color you have already and that is going to end poorly. We’ve told you before to only buy white towels so they can be bleached clean, but you went with colored ones for the decor. So don’t come to us if you see unappealing white splatters in them. 

Gemini  

Winter’s about to smack you hard with cold temperatures, so it’s planning time. Make sure your car is topped off with fluids, especially petrol, and your car battery charger is functional. Yes we said “petrol” and not “gas” because gas is a state of matter and petrol is short for petroleum - which is what gasoline is made from. And “Gas”? That’s propane. OH! So.. this week, get your gas grill out for the last cookout of the year! 

Cancer Moon-Child 

You’ve had all those recipe books in your cabinets for literal decades. It’s time to pull one of them out and actually make something. It doesn’t have to be something huge like Timpano, but how about something simple, like…Italian Risotto Di Capesante, or “Scallops & Rice Casserole? Ask any Italian and they’ll tell you it’s part of a traditional Christmas Eve Feast. Go For It!     

Leo 

You love jazz, and we’re happy for you. But please don’t tell us there isn’t some weird drug-induced happening going on there. An instrumental quartet song called, “Ecstatic Little Porpoises” that has nothing in it that sounds remotely ocean based? We respect your love of the genre - please respect our right to think the songwriters are chemically inspired.  

Virgo 

Yes, it’s “Get Your Picture With Santa” season, but… and we can’t stress this enough… it’s a complete rip off. It’s monstrously expensive, they don’t discount it if you only want an electronic version instead of a print out copy, and you can’t take your own selfie too! If Santa knew what was good for him, he’d cut the price down. We’re on to you, Santa! Y’r getting buttermilk this year! 

Libra 

Last week we told you that the pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true. But.. your second cousin Sam broke the flagon with a dragon and replaced it with the souvenir chalice from Medieval Times. Ok? So forget last week’s warning and replace it with this: The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Ok? Good. 

Scorpio 

Once upon a time ago, flights on airplanes were a Classy Dress Up Event. Complimentary food for everyone, champagne for first class, and no one cramming into the bathrooms for that Mile High Certification. Speaking of which before you make a big mistake - No, the flight attendants don’t give out special adult-only flight wings for that. So don’t ask.     

Sagittarius 

Well, Bless Your 10-Ply Heart there, Bud. Driving over the border to Canada is only TECHNICALLY “International Travel”. But did you ever learn the local language? Binge-Watching Letterkenny, Red Green, and Hockey Night in Canada will help you hone your Ontarian ear. But if you want to really be “In”, study Corner Gas and you’ll be speaking like a Saskatchewanian!   

Capricorn 

Really? You asked for a “Fun and Sexy” one for this week at virtually the last minute? You know what? Su-u-u-u-ure! Here you go. Yes, it’s possible to buy “Tapered-Tube-Shaped Personal Massagers” from second-hand shops, but why would you want to? But if you do, how about this suggestion: use antibacterial soft-soap as lube to be safe. Or, you know.. You could just spend the extra money on a clean cheap one at Spencers in the mall.  

Aquarius 

It’s time to haul out your End Of Year Winter Movie Collection. Sure there’s the standards like the Charlie Brown Christmas, or A Christmas Story, or even Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. But please, please… PLEASE don’t get into a fighting match with anyone about Die Hard’s status on being a Christmas Movie. 20th Century Fox called it, “the greatest Christmas story ever told"! Just 30 years AFTER it was released. Enjoy the popcorn!

Pisces  

You have a job interview coming up at a TV station as a Floor Director and we couldn’t be more proud of you! There’s a couple things you better be made aware of to get that edge. First… if they ask when “ADR” is applied to live newscasts, it’s a trick question! You can’t do that. Second… there actually IS a new service that reports the news in American Sign Language. And last when you’re counting in from a break, stop the countdown at three and only use fingers for the last seconds. And be mindful of which finger you use for “One”. 

And THOSE are your Hobble-Scopes for this week! Remember if you liked what you got, we’re obviously not working hard enough at these. BUT! If you want a better or nastier one for your own sign or someone else’s, all you need to do to bribe me is just Let Me Know! These will be posted online at the end of each week via Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook and Discord.

#humor #funny #horrorscope #horoscope #Danny Kay #Duct Tape #Rissoto di Capesante is a REAL dish you should make #Italian food

[icarusbuck]

love to inflict terrible shows on my best friend <3

#first it was 10 seasons of letterkenny #now it's 5 seasons of primeval <333333 #griff.txt #by the goose <3

[trivialbob]

Neighbors joined Sheila, Matt and me at the local tavern for trivia night. I bought a few tickets for the meat raffle and I WON AGAIN!

We sucked at trivia. The first round we had 100% correct answers and got cocky. Karma bit us hard, and we finished barely above last place. Which sucks too because there’s a consolation prize (a used gift card with $3.51 on it) for the worst team.

All this week I have to work. I found 20 minutes of stuff to do today. The rest of the time was spent watching Hulu at my desk.

The latest season of Always Sunny in Philadelphia is good. Even better, season 10 of Letterkenny was available. It’s really good from what I’ve watched so far, better than season 9 and much better than that awful season 8.

I have to work the rest of the week, which means I’ll get my money’s worth out of Netflix, HBO and Hulu as well as finishing a book or two.

We have so many holiday leftovers here. The proper thing to do is stay home and eat that food. Tonight I ate at the bar. Tomorrow we’re going out to dinner with my dad. I’ve been craving a McDonald’s cheeseburger and likely will get that for lunch tomorrow. Ugh.

[codlark]

Because my brain is stuck on Letterkenny after finishing season 9 I’ve been watching a bunch of the behind the scenes stuff from season 2 on youtube and I just figured out the ages of Jonesy and Reilly in season 2: they’re 20. I’m sure other views picked up on it, and it makes sense, but in season 2 they say they were cut in they’re overage year. I decided to check what age that may be and according to wikipedia (so, y’know) in canadian junior hockey players can’t start the year older than 20 and that year is called the overage year, given we don’t see them drink alcohol for a couple seasons after (which really should have given it away) they’re aren’t 21 yet at that point. This also means we can get an approximate fix of Katy’s age.

Note that first we must assume that year’s pass with some regularity, that there’s a new year after every winter season, and not between summer seasons. thus Jonesy and Reilly are 20 for both seasons 1 and 2

In the spelling bee episode she’s been in 10 prior adult spelling bees (9 wins plus Stewart’s win). If the lower age limit is 18, she’s 27 in seasons 1&2 and a bit old to be dating a couple 20yo hockey players, Other possible lower limits are 15, which would make her about  24 in s1&2, or (and my guess) 13, so she would be 22 in s1&2, and old enough to drink in the first season, This also feels like a natural point to distinguish between a kids spelling be (12 and under) and an adult spelling bee (13 and over). Also a 22yo dating a 20 isn’t out of the question, it happens at plenty of colleges. (It’s also possible the cut off is 12 and up and she’s 21 in s1&2, but Letterkenny seems like the place to decide that at 13 you’re old enough to spell with the big boys but 12 is still a child.)

Since we know Katy and Daryl were in grade 9 at the same time, they are likely the same age, and Wayne isn’t likely more than 3 or 4 years older than Katy, so in s1&2 he’s probably 25. And Dan I always figured was a couple years older than Wayne.

#letterkenny #if we go by the ages of the actor's we get different results but that's no fun #does any of this make sense #I should go to bed #why did I do this #who is this for

[skjc-writes]

i'm intrigued about your tv list now, please post it

Okay, I’ve sorted my 2020 TV watch tracking list by streaming service - also, it begins when my lockdown did, which was March 13, and goes until the end of the year. Under the cut, because LONG.

These are not in any particular order, and I put things I wasn’t watching for the first time at the end of each list. Anything without a season noted means I watched all of what was available at the time!

Netflix:

Sex Education s2

Never Have I Ever

Spinning Out

The Last Kingdom

Lennox Hill

Babysitters Club

Land Girls

Challenger: The Final Flight

Away

High Score

Unorthodox

The Queen’s Gambit

The Crown s3

The English Game

Great British Baking Show s8

Sunderland Till We Die

Avatar: The Last Airbender (Rewatch)

Legend of Korra (Rewatch)

The Night Shift (Rewatch)

The Witcher (Rewatch)

Derry Girls (Rewatch x2)

Apple TV+:

Mythic Quest

Trying

Little Voice

Tehran

Ted Lasso x??? (I genuinely lost count and just put question marks in the document)

For All Mankind (s1 rewatch, s2)

Hulu:

Harlots

The Great

Golden Girls (Rewatch)

ER (Rewatch)

Disney+:

The Right Stuff

Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom

The Mandalorian (s1 rewatch, s2)

On Pointe

Prime Video:

Downton Abbey (Rewatch x3)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

This Is Football

All Or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur

All Or Nothing: Manchester City

Take Us Home: Leeds United

CBS All Access:

Star Trek Picard

Star Trek Discovery s2-3

Star Trek Lower Decks

Peacock:

Brave New World

Noughts and Crosses

Chicago Fire (Rewatch)

Chicago Med (Rewatch)

HBO Max:

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Rewatch)

Friends (Rewatch x2)

Gentleman Jack (Rewatch x2)

I also watched a bunch of movies and documentaries, again in no particular order but I can’t be bothered to remember where I watched them and I didn’t sort these in the original list, and I know there’s several I just didn’t bother to put on here:

Frozen 2

The Banker

Wolfwalkers

A Secret Love

Crip Camp

The Show Must Go On

Suffragette

The Half of It

Ride Like A Girl

The Old Guard

Mercury 13

Athlete A

Operation Christmas Drop

Class Action Park

Unpregnant

Wonder Woman 1984

Birds of Prey

Crazy Rich Asians

Happiest Season

Manchester United: For The Glory

Make Us Dream

The Prom

Hamilton

The Greatest Showman

Safety

Soul

Palmer

Full MCU - all 23 films (Rewatch)

In 2021 so far, I’m still in lockdown but I’ve only watched a few shows because I’ve been watching real life football all the damn time and also doing, like, work-from-home stuff, but those are: (continuously being edited through 2021)

Schitt’s Creek

Letterkenny

Club de Cuervos

Dickinson s2

Kim’s Convenience

Ginny & Georgia

Zero Chill

Shameless (s1-10 rewatch, s11)

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Shadow and Bone

#text post rambling #long post #answered asks #I have no life and serious deep seated issues

[laresearchette]

Monday, December 25, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT?: CALL THE MIDWIFE (PBS Feed)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

CRAVE TV ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET LETTERKENNY (Season 12)

DISNEY + STAR DOCTOR WHO HOLIDAY SPECIAL: THE CHURCH ON RUBY ROAD

NETFLIX CANADA RICKY GERVAIS: ARMAGEDDON (GB)

THE KING’S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE (CBCNEWS) 10:00am

NBA BASKETBALL (SN/SN1) 12:00pm: Bucks vs. Knicks (SN/SN1) 2:30pm: Warriors vs. Nuggets (TSN4/TSN5) 5:00pm: Celtics vs. Lakers (SN/SN1) 8:00pm: 76ers vs. Heat (SN/SN1) 10:30pm: Mavericks vs. Suns

NFL FOOTBALL (TSN/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5) 1:00pm: NFL Christmas Day Football: Raiders vs. Kansas City (TSN/TSN3) 4:30pm: NFL Christmas Day Football: Giants vs. Eagles (TSN/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5) 8:15pm: NFL Monday Night Football: Ravens vs. 49ers

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (CBC) 7:30pm: A poor boy (Freddie Highmore) and four spoiled children win a tour through the incredible factory of an odd confectioner (Johnny Depp).

DESIGNING CHRISTMAS (CTV2) 8:00pm: Complicated and unexplored emotions may jeopardize everything between Stella and Pablo, co-hosts of a home renovation show, as they work together during the holidays.

A CHRISTMAS… PRESENT (Super Channel Heart & Home) 8:00pm: Knowing that this is to be Paul's first Christmas alone with his daughter, Ashley, since his wife's passing, Maggie decides to bring Eric and the kids for a visit to spread some Christmas cheer.

#cdntv #cancon #canadian tv #canadian tv listings #the king's christmas message #nba basketball #nfl football

[glenngaylord]

“We might be at peak gay!” - Jacob Tierney on the queerness of Letterkenny

When you think about a Canadian sitcom set in a small rural town with a surprisingly welcoming attitude towards its queer citizens, your mind might automatically zero in on a certain Emmy-winning juggernaut.  While true, you’d be overlooking Letterkenny, which I consider a far more accepting and outrageous haven for so many queer characters across the spectrum that I left out one or two when I had the pleasure of speaking with Jacob Tierney. Onscreen, you know him as the living, breathing embodiment of what I like to call “poorly closeted gay panic”, Pastor Glen, but his contributions to the show run deep, having co-developed the series, directed every episode, as well as serving as a writer and executive producer.

For the uninitiated, the show started out as a popular 2013 web series called Letterkenny Problems, which mainly featured its star and co-creator Jared Keeso as Wayne, the living embodiment of a Tom Of Finland drawing, and his friends Daryl (Nathan Dales) and Squirrelly Dan (K. Trevor Wilson).  The webisodes showed them speaking to camera with densely-packed observations about their rural lives. Their popularity led to a series deal with Crave TV in Canada, who began airing full episodes starting in 2016, with Hulu more recently airing it in the U.S.  The three men represent some of the Hicks in a town of 5000 also populated by Hockey players and Skids, the Goth misfits who spend their time on video games, tech music and meth. With overripe, lingo-filled dialogue that gives A Clockwork Orange a run for its money, this hilarious show mesmerizes with its deadpan tone and repetitive vocal gymnastics. The show finds comedy gold in the problems of its diverse town-folk. I’ll confess to needing subtitles and having Google handy to get me through the first several seasons, but eventually I could shout “That’s a Texas sized 10-4”, “To be fair”, or use terms like “ferda” and “pert near” with the best of them. Typically, a show like this would teeter in a more conservative, redneck, homophobic direction, but Letterkenny has proven decidedly otherwise.

It features such queer characters as: Katy (Michelle Mylett), Wayne’s pansexual sister Roald (Evan Stern), a gay Skid who clearly loves the leader of the gang, Stewart Ron (James Daly) and Dax (Gregory Waters), a gay couple who own their sexuality and never hesitate to graphically express their every want and need Gail (Lisa Codrington), a local bartender who is not only always horny, but would have sex with air if it were humanly possible The McMurrays (Dan Petronijevic and Melanie Scrofano), a hard-drinking, voracious pair of swingers

I’m sure I’ve left out a couple in a large cast who by and large stamp out homophobia and stupidity in equal measure. I used to hate going into comedy clubs, because I knew some doofus would start spewing antigay jokes on cue. My love of this series emanates from the feeling of entering a traditionally straight space and feeling not only welcomed, but celebrated.

Openly queer himself, Jacob Tierney, spoke with me via Zoom upon the launch of the show’s 9th season to discuss the various characters and how so many ended up being queer. While the show’s cast list may still be missing a letter or two on the LGBTQIA+ scale, this surprisingly cinematic, sneakily emotional, deliciously dirty and smart series deserves the attention and glory of its more famous Canadian cousin.  So as Wayne would say, “Pitter patter, let’s get at’er!”  Just “Figure it out” and watch this one-of-a-kind gem!

[noahmanskar]

The Best Albums of 2020 (and from the Before Times)

I read a lot of year-end music roundups, and several this year have come with a resonant caveat: It’s been harder to discover new music this year, both because of physical limitations (no shows, no record-store browsing, no chats with friends about your latest finds), and because the way we used music fundamentally changed. It certainly did for me. Rather than serving as the backdrop for a commute or a night out, it created moments of solace from cabin fever while doing dishes, or showering, or running semi-weekly errands. So I often turned to what was comfortable and familiar, songs that conjured memories and feelings to get me through the day. Even on the rare occasions of social listening, the groups I was with drifted into nostalgia — middle school dance tracks, mid-2000s emo, inherited dad rock, even songs from just a year or two ago, when everything was simpler, relatively speaking.

That’s not to say nothing new moved me. There was a handful of albums and songs that were crucial to getting through the doldrums. They soundtracked bike rides, long walks, longer drives and lots of small moments mentioned above. But I don’t think I can think about my favorite music of this year without thinking about the albums of the past that got me through it. Besides, one of the many lessons 2020 taught is that time is a bizarre illusion anyway. (This exercise also lets me write about some recent albums that I didn’t get to write about when they were actually released.

So here are the albums, past and present, that made 2020 bearable. I hope you found yours, too.

Tame Impala, “The Slow Rush”

Tame Impala’s fourth LP came out on Valentine’s Day. That afternoon, Claire and I had a lunch date to mark the occasion before we got on a plane to visit my parents. The night before, we had gone out to dinner with friends visiting from San Francisco and then to a bar, where we huddled next to strangers on a water bed. Roughly a month later, all of this would be unimaginable, and Kevin Parker’s lyrics to “One More Year” would be eerily prescient as we settled into this new normal:

But now I worry our horizon's been nothing new 'Cause I get this feeling and maybe you get it too We're on a rollercoaster stuck on its loop-de-loop 'Cause what we did one day on a whim Has slowly become all we do

The song is really about surrendering to time, and not worrying about it passing in spite of your ambivalence. The opening chants of Parker’s “Gregorian Robot Choir” make it easy to surrender. They carry you into a world where, as the cover art suggests, all that time you were worrying about has already passed, so you might as well dance. At the same time, the songs that follow, like “Borderline,” “Breathe Deeper” and “Lost In Yesterday” make it easy to remember what it was like to dance in a sweaty room with people you love, and to look forward to doing it again, after a little more time passes.

Fleet Foxes, “Shore”

There’s something comforting about the fact that Fleet Foxes released this record on the exact moment of the autumnal equinox. It’s a reminder that nature has its own rhythms that carry on regardless of what occurs in our human lives. They give us a measure of certainty in uncertain times. One of these rhythms — death — looms large in “Sunblind,” an ode to Robin Pecknold’s departed musical forebears: David Berman, Bill Withers, John Prine and others. This song exuding calm acceptance shifts into “Can I Believe You,” which wrestles frankly with doubt and fear.

These tracks contain profound contradictions, but sonically, they're both bright, hopeful and sure. That’s what made this album such a balm in the sixth month of this pandemic, a time of both growing darkness and hope for what might be on the other side. It reminds us that there’s power and beauty in feeling all these things at once.

Lil Uzi Vert, “Eternal Atake”

This one spent two years in label purgatory, but it finally arrived in March to prove Lil Uzi Vert can do it all. He’s at his most versatile here, spitting and crooning, boasting and balladeering. “You Better Move” is an early standout packed with playful nostalgia, including a beat that samples that classic PC pinball game and delightful jabs like these:

Yeah, step on competition, changin' my shoes Green shirt, bitch, I'm Steve, where is Blue? Every chain on, I pity a fool I'm an iPod, man, you more like a Zune Made her eat on my dick with a spoon, ew Versace drawers, bitch, you Fruit of the Loom

Then there are the melodic tracks like “Urgency,” which compel you to hum along even on the first listen. The excellent diversity made it worth the wait for this hourlong journey to another planet.

Sturgill Simpson, “Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions”

I haven’t spent much time with Sturgill Simpson outside of 2014′s “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music,” and I can’t say I’ve ever listened to another bluegrass album all the way through. But these new cuts of songs picked from Simpson’s catalog are wonderfully enticing. Simpson puts the talents of his backing band front and center, and their harmonies and rhythms illuminate his vivd songwriting in new ways. It was a great introduction to the genre for me.

Fiona Apple, “Fetch The Bolt Cutters”

I got here after the hype, after the perfect 10, after all the year-end number-ones. Fiona Apple lives up to all of it. Her compositions are complex and evocative, the lyrics tender and biting at once. Her artistry is unsparing. The chorus to the title track is already getting stuck in my head, and I can’t wait to spend more time with this one.

Bea Troxel, “The Way That It Feels” (2017)

Almost a decade has passed since I first saw Bea Troxel play. She was in an incredibly talented trio with two of my high school classmates: Maeve Thorne (who has an entrancing solo EP of her own), and Rita Pfeiffer (the violinist on this record). They ended up winning my school’s battle of the bands, and I got to interview them for the student newspaper. Shortly after our senior year, they recorded an album that still outshines most of today’s indie folk. So I jumped at the chance to all three of them again in Brooklyn. 

Troxel’s performance in particular was a revelation. I won’t ever forget how I fell into a trance as she picked away at “Talc,” which exemplifies her gift for natural metaphor. I haven’t stopped playing her record since, and it’s been a constant comfort throughout this year. Her voice is one of a kind, her songwriting is rich, and the compositions flow together beautifully. I can’t wait for more; in the meantime, “The Way That It Feels” will be on repeat.

Travis Scott, “Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight” (2016)

There’s been much ado about the brilliance of “Astroworld,” Travis Scott’s magnum opus, but I have a soft spot for his sophomore LP, where he reached the peak of the spare and heavy sound that started to take shape on “Owl Pharaoh.” There are plenty of sonic layers here, and the ordering of the tracks is a craft in itself — a series of peaks and valleys that glides from the haze of “beibs in the trap” to the climax of “goosebumps” and then into the cool waters of “pick up the phone.” It feels like Scott is guiding you to and from these destinations. The journey is, as The Weeknd might put it, “wonderful.”

Harmonium, “Harmonium” (1974)

One of my pandemic binges was “Letterkenny,” the sharp Ontario-set sitcom with top-notch banter and a great soundtrack full of indie hits and Canadian deep cuts. The fight scenes are elegantly choreographed, but so are the handful of sequences at the end of key episodes that reveal the show’s emotional bedrock. One such scene is set to Harmonium’s “Un musicien parmi tant d'autres” — the main characters are reveling in a bar with their Québécois pals, whom they’ve just helped beat up a rival group. As the song builds to its climactic chorus, leading man Wayne, surrounded by couples, realizes his longing for companionship. Another fight breaks out, but instead of joining in, Wayne makes his way through the slow-motion fray toward the woman he’ll propose to in the next season. (Their relationship later falls apart, but that doesn’t undercut this scene’s beauty.)

This is probably the first foreign-language album I’ve listened to in full, but all of it evokes that feeling for me — the joy of walking through the chaos to reach what’s really important. Not a bad sentiment for these times.

Bon Iver, “22, A Million”

To talk about this weird, dark and brilliant album, I need to talk about “715 - CR∑∑KS.” Everyone I’ve talked to about the third track on “22, A Million” either loves it or can’t stand it. I’m devoted to it to the extent that it was my most-played song on Spotify this year. It oscillates between tenderness and fear, between silence and explosions of sound. The lyrics are an epitome of Justin Vernon’s cryptic poetry. It’s isolated and spare and enthralling and beautiful in its own bizarre way — just like the rest of the album, which is rich with themes of persevering through the darkness in spite of the uncertainty about when the light will appear. Vernon is alone on “CR∑∑KS,” but he’s accompanied by a cacophony of his own voice. As alone as we might feel right now, there’s always someone else shouting through the darkness with us, even if we can’t see them.

#music #2020 #bon iver #harmonium #bea troxel #travis scott #lil uzi vert #sturgill simpson #fiona apple #fleet foxes #tame impala

[fartemis-crock]

25/100

You never realize how much/little TV you watch until you fill out a list. Put a 👍 by the shows which you have watched more than 10 episodes. How about you?

1. Grey’s Anatomy:

2. Stranger Things:

3. The Vampire Diaries:

4. The Walking Dead: 👍

5. Fear The Walking Dead:

6. Dexter:  

7. American Horror Story:

8. Orange is the New Black:

9. A Million Little Things:

10. This is Us:

11. The Simpsons: 👍

12. New Amsterdam:

13. Manifest:

14. How To Get Away With Murder:

15. Breaking Bad:  

16. Sons of Anarchy:

17. Scandal:  

18. Riverdale:

19. The Good Doctor:

20. House of Cards:

21. Once Upon a Time: 👍 [the first season is so good. the rest is so cringe]

22. House: 👍

23. True Detective:

24. Dr. Pimple Popper:

25. Power:

26. Empire:

27. One Tree Hill:

28. Supernatural:

29. Family Guy:   👍  

30. Santa Clarita Diet:

31. Shameless:

32. Pretty Little Liars:

33. Secret Life of an American Teenager:

34. Bones:👍

35. Criminal Minds:

36. The 100:

37. Chicago Fire:

38. Chicago Med:

39. The Resident:

40. Game of Thrones: 👍

41. Chicago PD:

42. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia:   

43. Lost:

44. The Sopranos:  

45. NCIS:

46. NCIS Los Angeles:

47. NCIS New Orleans:

48. Law & Order SVU:

49. Gossip Girl:

50. How I Met Your Mother: 👍

51. Blue Bloods:

52. Two Broke Girls: 👍

53. The Office: 👍

54. Blacklist:

55. Full House: 👍

56. Fuller House: 

57. Downton Abbey:

58. Hawaii Five-O:

59. Big Mouth:   👍  

60. Last Man Standing: 👍

61. Six Feet Under:

62. Wentworth:

63. Friends: 👍

64. That 70s Show: 👍

65. Girlfriends Guide to Divorce:

66. Heartland:

67. All-American:

68. Greek:

69. Yellowstone:

70. Better Call Saul:

71. You:

72. Rescue Me:

73. Scrubs: 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

74. Community: 👍

75. Letterkenny:

76. Kitchen Nightmares :   👍  

77. The Masked singer:  

78. Robot Chicken:  

79. Vikings:

80. Mind Hunter:

81. New Girl:

82. The Good Place: 👍

83. Black Mirror:

83. Lucifer:

84. Peaky Blinders:

85. iZombie:

86. Parks and Rec: 👍

87. Brooklyn 99:

88. Handmaid’s Tale:   👍  

89. Modern Family: 👍

90. Smallville:

91. Seinfeld: 👍 👍 👍 👍

92. Gilmore Girls: 👍

93. Charmed: 👍

94. Private Practice:

95. Lost Girl:

96. True Blood:

97. Roswell:

98. Haven:

99. Mad Men:    

100. Arrow:

Copy & paste with your answers, and change score at the top.

Tagged by: @ladyofthespade

Tagging: @crashedthemode, @yellowskinnedwackyman, && honestly whoever else cause i can’t think of any more urls that haven’t already done it just @ me pls

#OOC: [[b i t c h me too the f u-]] #encase you can't tell!! i'm a freaking slag for situational comedies #god i'm so sorry for saying slag but it's so fucking true

[mikaylas-blog]

Tagged by @tiredandlame ♡

Rules: name 10 favorite characters from 10 different things and then tag 10 people.

(P.S. I took your blurb thing because it made it more fun! Thank you for tagging me!)

1. Ned Chicane from The Adventure Zone: Amnesty (Podcast)

Ned is amazing. I love Duck and Aubrey but Ned makes my heart big and happy. He’s a complex goof ball and Clint did such a good job with him and I seriously don’t think I would have loved this series of TAZ as much if it wasn’t for Ned. Keep Kepler Weird!

2. Greg from Over the Garden Wall (Animated Mini-Series)

“Over the Garden Wall” is one of my favorite shows and I think everyone who loves animation should watch it. Greg is the annoying little brother but he’s a sweetheart and I want to learn how to sew just so I can make his little outfit. In conclusion, go watch OTGW, please. 

3. Jareth from Labyrinth (Movie) 

David Bowie is so hot in this role and this was my favorite movie as a kid. It’s so weird and cool and Jareth is the best goblin king out there. Plus, the soundtrack with Bowie’s vocals is 🔥

4. Dan from Letterkenny (TV Show)

This is one of those shows everyone has seen clips of but I love it so much. I’m on the third season and it’s not as good as the first two but it’s still so good. Dan is a surprise favorite of mine because he’s basically a feminist hick and I love it. 

5. Sophie from Howl’s Moving Castle (Ghibli Movie)

Sophie is the sweetest but also a strong willed person and she’s my inspiration. I want to be her when I grow up and her whole life is goals. I watch the cleaning scene to feel motivated sometimes lol

6.  Kotarou from School Babysitters (Anime)

This is the sweetest show ever and made me create a mini genre I call baby animes. He’s a sweet little baby that doesn’t talk much but when he does, my heart melts. If you like cute things, watch school babysitters.

7. Deckard from Bee and Puppycat (Animated Web Series)

Deckard is my favorite boy. I say recipe like him all the time and his room is goals. I like his vibe and how he fits in with Bee’s craziness. I love all the characters in this show but Deckard needed a mention. 

8. Patroclus from from Song of Achilles (Book)

This book is beautifully written and makes me so happy. Patroclus as the narrator is stunning and he makes me so happy. I love him and his way of describing his love of Achilles is gorgeous. 

9. Mr. Knightley from Emma (Movie)

I want to read the book but after seeing this movie, I was in love with his character. When he said,  “If i loved you less i might be able to talk about it more” I died. 

10. Connor from Sex Education (TV Show)

His character has the best arch and I can’t wait for season three just so I can see him more. What a bisexual icon!

This was fine! Here’s my tagged people!

@confused-coffee-bean @perksofbeingodd @cleaverbacon @reximus44 @jeshire @milk-light-of-moon @gohemmogo @padawan-thunderairborne @lady-tabris @my-roomba-ate-my-weed