What was the last TV show you watched?

[Doctor Strange]

Hey rjb1, I was an English major myself once.

Claiming that The Beverly Hillbillies is like Shakespeare because it makes use of the same traditional tropes, stock characters, and comic conventions is fine. But that doesn't mean that The Beverly Hillbillies is the same thing as Shakespeare. Nobody was watching it in the sixties - or is now - for enlightenment or edification, just for lowest-common-denominator entertainment. And that's fine, entertainment is great... but it's not the same thing as literature.

Anyway, despite your learned analysis, I don't think there's much to be found in The Beverly Hillbillies that reveals the essential truths of the human condition! But hey, that's just my own opinion...

 

[jamespowers]

Just two more episodes..

Great. A short season and he will still be alive at the end of it too---I am willing to bet. :eusa_doh:

 

[rjb1]

"Hey rjb1, I was an English major myself once."
Actually, I'm a mechanical engineer - I just play an English major on TV (or about TV). (but thanks ...)
The "back story" on that Shakespeare/Beverly Hillbillies essay came from being in a high-school English class at the time that the Beverly Hillbillies were on. We had to learn/memorize Shakespeare's comedy conventions and I noticed that The Beverly Hillbillies were doing all the same stuff.
I wrote a paper on it and got an "A", although my English teacher (a real English major) was also skeptical. (But it was fun to research and write...)

 

[Touchofevil]

Just two more episodes..

Maybe he will and then maybe he won't.

 

[LocktownDog]

Doctor Who.
Martha Jones was a pretty good companion. *insert wolf whistle for Freema Agyeman here*

 

[The Good]

I just made it to season 4 of Mad Men. Season 3 ended on a high note, I thought. Season 5 is also going to be on Netflix at some point later.

 

[AmateisGal]

"A Piece of the Action." My favorite Star Trek episode of all time. Kirk and Spock end up on a planet of gangsters. "Nobody's going to put the bag on ME again!'

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

"A Piece of the Action." My favorite Star Trek episode of all time. Kirk and Spock end up on a planet of gangsters. "Nobody's going to put the bag on ME again!'

With Vic Tayback as the crime boss who ruled the planet. lol

 

[jamespowers]

With Vic Tayback as the crime boss who ruled the planet. lol

Mel ran only one gang.
[video=youtube_share;7pg87RxxhyA]http://youtu.be/7pg87RxxhyA[/video]

 

[Brian Sheridan]

"Agatha Christie's Poirot: The ABC Murders" - on Blu Ray that highlights all of the exquisite period finery and Art Deco sets.

 

[LizzieMaine]

"A Piece of the Action." My favorite Star Trek episode of all time. Kirk and Spock end up on a planet of gangsters. "Nobody's going to put the bag on ME again!'

I happened to see that one just recently myself, one of those can't sleep in the middle of the night type of things. I don't know what was funnier, that furry fedora Kirk had on, or Spock calling a V-12 Cadillac a "flivver."

 

[jamespowers]

I happened to see that one just recently myself, one of those can't sleep in the middle of the night type of things. I don't know what was funnier, that furry fedora Kirk had on, or Spock calling a V-12 Cadillac a "flivver."

A flivver?! :rofl: I'll take one if that is what they think of them. The plush fedora was at least possible. The tight fitting 60s suits were something else.

 

[AmateisGal]

I happened to see that one just recently myself, one of those can't sleep in the middle of the night type of things. I don't know what was funnier, that furry fedora Kirk had on, or Spock calling a V-12 Cadillac a "flivver."

Yeah, I noticed the furry fedora, too. That whole episode is just hilarious.

 

[jamespowers]

Yeah, I noticed the furry fedora, too. That whole episode is just hilarious.

This one is worse:
[video=youtube_share;Xa2LDufVLGg]http://youtu.be/Xa2LDufVLGg[/video]
Space Hippies! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

 

[AmateisGal]

This one is worse:
[video=youtube_share;Xa2LDufVLGg]http://youtu.be/Xa2LDufVLGg[/video]
Space Hippies! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Is this the one where they sing? It's so painful to watch!!!

 

[AmateisGal]

I actually really like the gangster episode and will watch it again and again. The singing hippies, though...if I never watch it again, it will be too soon.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

This one is worse:
[video=youtube_share;Xa2LDufVLGg]http://youtu.be/Xa2LDufVLGg[/video]
Space Hippies! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

When I was a kid I was totally creeped out by that guy's ears.

 

[jamespowers]

Is this the one where they sing? It's so painful to watch!!!

Oh yes! This is the one. It starts at 11:05 if you dare. uke:

 

[jamespowers]

When I was a kid I was totally creeped out by that guy's ears.

Hippies creeped me out when I was a kid. This guy at least looks like he doesn't stink. lol lol lol

 

[LizzieMaine]

That space hippy was one of the better child actors of the mid-forties:

Moral: Don't let your kids go into show business.