I LOVED IT SO MUCH. What a banger. And I'm leaning towards even buying a physical copy? (What with the weirdness of streaming—services pulling stuff unexpectedly, etc., etc.—I've been getting back into buying physical media, heh.)
As much as I appreciate the 60s-era Hartnell and Troughton eras, it seems to always be the Pertwee-Baker-Davison run that I go back to? We were watching one last night, and it occurred to me that the low-budget grainy quality is a PLUS for me, whereas I find the newer ones somehow less appealing because they feel more polished and slick? (Nostalgia probably plays a part in that somehow.)
How are you liking Three Bean Salad? We listen to that while driving to one adventure or another on weekends, and there have been moments I laughed so hard I almost needed to pull the car over.
I love it *SO* much, as does Josh! We listen to it in the car sometimes, and when we're making dinner (okay, while Josh is making dinner and I am providing moral support, hahaha). The one where they riff on James Patterson books almost killed me, I laughed so hard I thought I was going to throw up—ditto when they riffed on Grisham.
They're so smart and chaotic, I love how little they actually talk about the topic at hand, and I love how much it builds on itself as time goes on, with the jingles and whatnot. Also, the listener mail and responses to it (bollocking of the week, reflecto-bollocking, etc.) wreck me. So, yes, safe to say that it's been a hit in this household, wheeeee!!
"Smart and chaotic", that's the most perfect description. The Bluebell jingle is one of my favorites (along with the Bowie-esque Patreon jingle and the Lewd Content Warning... which somehow always comes AFTER the content it's intended to warn against). Sometimes they make me laugh just because they're making themselves laugh. And let's not forget SPERBS. I could be in the worst mood in the world, and listening to just one episode snaps me right out of it.
OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU INVOKED SPERBS WHAT IF HE RETURNS
The Bluebell jingle is BRILLIANT, and I love that the response to listeners saying it was too long was to make a LONGER one. The America one never fails to make me howl—the bits at the end (eat some of Mama's ole apple pie down at the Alamo) followed by that last BURGERS just sends me. Absolutely agree about it being a mood-changer—I'm so so grateful for the recommendation on this one.
Ahhh, I also question/low key admire the commitment to chaos of Jo's fashion choices as well!!! I haven't really watched too many Doctors from that era; I started a rewatch once but only got through Season 1. I'll have to begin again. Red, White and Whole is also on my TBR. The Cleaner also sounds like a fascinating show; I briefly entertained the idea of being a crime scene cleaner once because nosy, but honestly, at the end of the day, it's still cleaning and I'm not sure how much nosiness could make up for that.
Your manifestation of choice and potential there looks like an amazing time.
I have a real soft spot for the fashion excesses of that era—why wear one ring or one shirt when you can wear, like, six??—so it's really fun on that front. I'm finding watching Pertwee's era especially entertaining because he was supposed to be a real shift to Action Doctor from the Troughton and Hartnell years, and looking back on it from 2023, it just looks so quaint and adorable. Like. Pertwee doing Very Dramatic vaguely martial artsy movements while yelling VENUSIAN JUDO CHOP or whatever will be forever hilarious to me.
Red, White, and Whole is wonderful; I'm absolutely planning on picking up her first book when I go back to work tomorrow.
The Cleaner is definitely more about the interplay between the characters and about Davies' character himself—there's def some midlife questioning going on there—than it is about the actual cleaning. He's regularly frustrated at how dismissive people are of his job—"oh, you're just a cleaner" / "what I do is really specialized and involves a lot of training"—but I also get the impression that the character has some Underlying Defensive Feelings about all of it (some of which are rooted in some ingrained snobbery about that kind of service work).
I don't know, I might be reading wayyyy too much into it (and my affection for Greg Davies might be affecting my read here), but looking at the season as a whole, it feels like a really layered character study? And each episode also works as a showcase for the various guest stars he's paired with? It's an easy watch, but it feels (to me) like it's doing a lot of things at once.
Oh, good, glad that I wasn't necessarily pulling all that out of the aether, hahahaha. (He is so great—it's also been interesting to see how he's very deliberately using his physicality, too, in part because it's so different from his Taskmaster gig.)
Love old Doctor Who, and have not watched a lot of these ones, something to do sometime. My kid and I have been watching Lockwood and Co, which, I was completely surprised to find out, is excellent. Highly recommended, especially for the soundtrack which is all Bauhaus and Siouxsie, and for the improved George character.
Oh, that's GREAT to hear! The books were so much fun. I haven't fired it up bc I'd heard mixed responses to the show, but I need to remember that kids' stuff doesn't always appeal to some of the reviewers I read/listen to. I'll make a point of checking it out, thank you!
Hooray! I was going to fire up the first episode last night, but accidentally got hooked on the first Mrs Bradley Mystery—which I didn't realize was a full 90 minutes long, so OBVIOUSLY by the time that was over, we couldn't watch Lockwood because we're 90 years old and go to bed very very early, hahaha. BUT it's going to happen soon!!!
They Live is so great 😂
I LOVED IT SO MUCH. What a banger. And I'm leaning towards even buying a physical copy? (What with the weirdness of streaming—services pulling stuff unexpectedly, etc., etc.—I've been getting back into buying physical media, heh.)
Also, this reminds me we need to get back on rewatching the old Doctor Who…we left off somewhere during the first doctor (“GRANDFATHER!” 😁)
As much as I appreciate the 60s-era Hartnell and Troughton eras, it seems to always be the Pertwee-Baker-Davison run that I go back to? We were watching one last night, and it occurred to me that the low-budget grainy quality is a PLUS for me, whereas I find the newer ones somehow less appealing because they feel more polished and slick? (Nostalgia probably plays a part in that somehow.)
How are you liking Three Bean Salad? We listen to that while driving to one adventure or another on weekends, and there have been moments I laughed so hard I almost needed to pull the car over.
I love it *SO* much, as does Josh! We listen to it in the car sometimes, and when we're making dinner (okay, while Josh is making dinner and I am providing moral support, hahaha). The one where they riff on James Patterson books almost killed me, I laughed so hard I thought I was going to throw up—ditto when they riffed on Grisham.
They're so smart and chaotic, I love how little they actually talk about the topic at hand, and I love how much it builds on itself as time goes on, with the jingles and whatnot. Also, the listener mail and responses to it (bollocking of the week, reflecto-bollocking, etc.) wreck me. So, yes, safe to say that it's been a hit in this household, wheeeee!!
"Smart and chaotic", that's the most perfect description. The Bluebell jingle is one of my favorites (along with the Bowie-esque Patreon jingle and the Lewd Content Warning... which somehow always comes AFTER the content it's intended to warn against). Sometimes they make me laugh just because they're making themselves laugh. And let's not forget SPERBS. I could be in the worst mood in the world, and listening to just one episode snaps me right out of it.
OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU INVOKED SPERBS WHAT IF HE RETURNS
The Bluebell jingle is BRILLIANT, and I love that the response to listeners saying it was too long was to make a LONGER one. The America one never fails to make me howl—the bits at the end (eat some of Mama's ole apple pie down at the Alamo) followed by that last BURGERS just sends me. Absolutely agree about it being a mood-changer—I'm so so grateful for the recommendation on this one.
Ahhh, I also question/low key admire the commitment to chaos of Jo's fashion choices as well!!! I haven't really watched too many Doctors from that era; I started a rewatch once but only got through Season 1. I'll have to begin again. Red, White and Whole is also on my TBR. The Cleaner also sounds like a fascinating show; I briefly entertained the idea of being a crime scene cleaner once because nosy, but honestly, at the end of the day, it's still cleaning and I'm not sure how much nosiness could make up for that.
Your manifestation of choice and potential there looks like an amazing time.
I have a real soft spot for the fashion excesses of that era—why wear one ring or one shirt when you can wear, like, six??—so it's really fun on that front. I'm finding watching Pertwee's era especially entertaining because he was supposed to be a real shift to Action Doctor from the Troughton and Hartnell years, and looking back on it from 2023, it just looks so quaint and adorable. Like. Pertwee doing Very Dramatic vaguely martial artsy movements while yelling VENUSIAN JUDO CHOP or whatever will be forever hilarious to me.
Red, White, and Whole is wonderful; I'm absolutely planning on picking up her first book when I go back to work tomorrow.
The Cleaner is definitely more about the interplay between the characters and about Davies' character himself—there's def some midlife questioning going on there—than it is about the actual cleaning. He's regularly frustrated at how dismissive people are of his job—"oh, you're just a cleaner" / "what I do is really specialized and involves a lot of training"—but I also get the impression that the character has some Underlying Defensive Feelings about all of it (some of which are rooted in some ingrained snobbery about that kind of service work).
I don't know, I might be reading wayyyy too much into it (and my affection for Greg Davies might be affecting my read here), but looking at the season as a whole, it feels like a really layered character study? And each episode also works as a showcase for the various guest stars he's paired with? It's an easy watch, but it feels (to me) like it's doing a lot of things at once.
Absolutely agree with your take on The Cleaner (but am also a biased Greg Davies fangirl).
Oh, good, glad that I wasn't necessarily pulling all that out of the aether, hahahaha. (He is so great—it's also been interesting to see how he's very deliberately using his physicality, too, in part because it's so different from his Taskmaster gig.)
Love old Doctor Who, and have not watched a lot of these ones, something to do sometime. My kid and I have been watching Lockwood and Co, which, I was completely surprised to find out, is excellent. Highly recommended, especially for the soundtrack which is all Bauhaus and Siouxsie, and for the improved George character.
Oh, that's GREAT to hear! The books were so much fun. I haven't fired it up bc I'd heard mixed responses to the show, but I need to remember that kids' stuff doesn't always appeal to some of the reviewers I read/listen to. I'll make a point of checking it out, thank you!
I loved the books and had no expectation that the show would be good. Such a nice surprise 😊
Hooray! I was going to fire up the first episode last night, but accidentally got hooked on the first Mrs Bradley Mystery—which I didn't realize was a full 90 minutes long, so OBVIOUSLY by the time that was over, we couldn't watch Lockwood because we're 90 years old and go to bed very very early, hahaha. BUT it's going to happen soon!!!
Ooh, I've been trying with the idea of watching Lockwood & Co. I think you've just convinced me to give it a go.