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The good ole' days, when my mom and I would go running together...

When WWIII kicks off...

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Only 40% with skeletons...

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(Jan 24, 2025 07:30 PM)Magical Realist Wrote: [ -> ]Only 40% with skeletons...

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I'd never even heard of Philomena Cunk before this. Used to depend on regional PBS stations carrying or favoring particular British sitcoms and parody programming (new or old). That's been sunk for years.

OTOH, I don't follow any North American comedy, either. Go beyond those made after or still having episodes after "Seinfeld", and the only thing I've ever sampled to any extent is "Red Green", "Everybody Loves Raymond", "The Office", "The Middle", and "Modern Family". (And that was due purely to their syndicated life.)

EDIT: Woops. I forgot about "Doc Martin". That is one UK item that PBS featured for a while, besides all the freaking mystery shows. But it's arguably part drama, so it might not have fully qualified, anyway.

And I excluded the FOX adult cartoons, also -- but haven't watched them for quite some time. Any routine gets out after a while -- good thing people keep inventing kids and teens; even the once cutting-edge but now tired stuff is new to them.

Ah, Red Green was a good one.

Bill Gates and the president of General Motors have met for lunch, and Bill is going on and on about computer technology. "If automotive technology had kept pace with computer technology over the past few decades, you would now be driving a V-32 instead of a V-8, and it would have a top speed of 10,000 miles per hour," says Gates. "Or, you could have an economy car that weighs 30 pounds and gets a thousand miles to a gallon of gas. In either case, the sticker price of a new car would be less than $50. Why haven't you guys kept up?"


The president of GM smiles and says, "Because the federal government won't let us build cars that crash four times a day."

40 years ago and now...

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