What Are You Watching?

[godisagardener]

Green Acres.

My husband turned to it and it's not one of his favorite shows. But sometimes a body just gets in the mood for silliness.

 

[Hammster]

I’ve been rewatching Blue Bloods lately.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

I like Matlock, when I choose to watch a t.v. show.

 

[Pioneer3mm]

My favorite TV Series..
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Rawhide
Tales of Wells Fargo
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Mannix
Columbo
Perry Mason

 

[tturt]

Like the whodunnits too but not the ones with soap operas within

 

[godisagardener]

Watching the old Peter Gunn from the late '50s.

On all those old shows from that time period - Peter Gunn, Perry Mason, Bachelor Father, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, many others - you see the same character actors over and over. They were all good. And future stars made some of their first appearances. It's fun to watch just for that.

 

[godisagardener]

Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

A very young Wayne Rogers is on it. Some episodes don't have much plot or much Hitchcockiness. But they're watchable.

 

[rebornfree]

Father Brown, based on G K Chesterton's books, but updated to the 1950s - cozy mysteries

 

[godisagardener]

Father Brown, based on G K Chesterton's books, but updated to the 1950s - cozy mysteries

That's a good series. We get it on and off on PBS but I haven't seen it in a while. The books/stories are also good.

 

[godisagardener]

It's odd sometimes what attracts us. We've been watching videos made by a guy in Florida who goes around mowing and cleaning up people's yards for free as a good deed, using his own equipment, etc. Sometimes he does them when no one is home, or he knocks on the door and asks, or someone sends him a message with a request to help out someone else who has been ill, hospitalized, aged. Some of the yards are jungles. It gives you a good feeling about people.

 

[godisagardener]

Benson.

 

[godisagardener]

"The Car" on Svengoolie. James Brolin and a lot of character actors.

Comparable to "Duel" with Dennis Weaver and to Stephen King's "Christine".

 

[Hammster]

Restaurant Impossible

 

[tturt]

"The Man who saved the World" and "The Codebreaker" Mrs Smith Friedman

 

[ozso]

Just started watching "Doc Martin". So far the main character is one I can relate to.

 

[rebornfree]

Just started watching "Doc Martin". So far the main character is one I can relate to.

Is that the one filmed here in the UK? Some British eccentrics in it: I love the policeman, the useless plumbers and the receptionist at the doctor's. Also the Doc. Despite his blood phobia he is a good doctor with a high sense of duty. I think the scenery is the star of the show though.

 

[ozso]

Is that the one filmed here in the UK? Some British eccentrics in it: I love the policeman, the useless plumbers and the receptionist at the doctor's. Also the Doc. Despite his blood phobia he is a good doctor with a high sense of duty. I think the scenery is the star of the show though.

That's the one. I'm a lot like Doc Martin, except I know how to act more gracious.

 

[rebornfree]

That's the one. I'm a lot like Doc Martin, except I know how to act more gracious.

Oh that sounds good then. What I like about the Doc is his honesty and competence. His abruptness adds to the humour, such as when he tells a patient to "shut up" while he's trying to concentrate on treating them. In real life a bit more graciousness would be good, but that's not Martin.

 

[ozso]

Oh that sounds good then. What I like about the Doc is his honesty and competence. His abruptness adds to the humour, such as when he tells a patient to "shut up" while he's trying to concentrate on treating them. In real life a bit more graciousness would be good, but that's not Martin.

Maybe the only real difference is that he says what most of us would be thinking in those situations.

 

[rebornfree]

Maybe the only real difference is that he says what most of us would be thinking in those situations.

Absolutely and that's what makes it so funny.