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The Bewitching GLoP

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It’s almost the end of the month and that means it’s time to squeeze another episode of GLoP just before the deadline. This time: Jonah is a rambling man, another deep dive on vintage TV shows, including indelible male and female characters, Rob pitches his I Dream of Jeannie reboot, some dark jokes, and yes, more on Bewitched from America’s foremost Bewitched pundits.

Hosts:
John PodhoretzJonah GoldbergRob Long

Discussion (11)

  • kedavis@kedavis

    I expect they got some things wrong about those shows, because that's something JPod especially does often enough that he can't be completely trusted/believed, but I'm not going to bother checking. It's not worth it.

  • kedavis@kedavis

    Wasn't Alex on "Family Ties" rather like Archie Bunker from "All In The Family?" Where Archie was supposed to be the butt of jokes etc, but turned out to be the hero to the audience.

    Okay they got there.

    I never watched "Parks..." and I have no regrets.

  • kedavis@kedavis

    Let's keep in mind that Samantha kept her secret until after they were married. Darren had no idea she was a witch, and how is it unfair to expect her to remain "the girl he married?"

    Also it sounds neat to have Samantha do everything by magic, but aside from other problems, that could lead to serious trouble in the real world if Darren is succeeding without reason.

  • thelonious@thelonious
    Replyingtokedavis

    kedavis (View Comment):

    I expect they got some things wrong about those shows, because that’s something JPod especially does often enough that he can’t be completely trusted/believed, but I’m not going to bother checking. It’s not worth it.

    You know he's saying these things off the cuff. It's nearly impossible to have perfect recollection.

  • Gnasher19@Gnasher19

    The greatest TV break-out side-character...Omar Little in "The Wire". Seeing him in court with a tie around his bare neck like one of Top Cat's gang was brilliant.

    On the subject of drinking on old TV shows, here in England there was a very popular cop show in the 70s called The Sweeney, based on Scotland Yard's "Flying Squad" (armed robberies). It was quite daring in its time, though now a common-place, showing the detectives as thrill-seekers in it for the car chases and punch-ups, though not normally themselves corrupt. Now it's mostly fascinating for its location shooting around pre-gentrification shabby inner London, and the extraordinary amount of drinking and smoking that goes on. If they're not out in a pub or club chasing down an informer or celebrating a good "nick", they're killing time in the Yard with a few scotches, where every filing cabinet has a bottle in it. I was surprised and disappointed when I eventually left college and started working in an office to find that wasn't typical of the corporate world.

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