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The Seven Favorites

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This month, the men of GLOP (Goldberg, Long, and Podhoretz) reunite for yet another jog through the pop culture and political parks. This time, a bit of commentary on the today's shake-up in the Trump campaign, an argument for Larry Hagman as the most important actor in the history of TV, and then some Twitter hashtag games: #YourFavorite7Movies and #YourFavorite7TVShows. Finally, some thoughts on Chuck Klosterman's new book, But What If We're Wrong.

Aristophanes, EJHIll

Hosts:
John PodhoretzJonah GoldbergRob Long

Discussion (32)

  • jeffp@PatJefferson

    Fun discussion, as always. (Well, as fun as anything can be while the Republic collapses around us.) I’d have thought the death of John McLaughlin might have rated a mention, as he was at the intersection of politics and pop culture in his time, and I’d have enjoyed hearing the GLoP guys’ formative impressions of his show. (If there were none, that explains the omission.)

    As for TV shows: 1) “NYPD Blue” is often overlooked but was groundbreaking in prioritizing character arcs over formulaic genre plots in a weekly broadcast drama — especially well done in its first season before David Caruso’s meltdown. 2) Thesis for discussion: 1960s “Star Trek” was to pre-cable broadcast TV what the plays of Shakespeare were to the Elizabethan stage, viz., the finest material produced for the medium. (This is not to say that “Trek” was as good as Shakespeare.)

  • Blue Yeti@BlueYeti
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    jeffp (View Comment):

    Fun discussion, as always. (Well, as fun as anything can be while the Republic collapses around us.) I’d have thought the death of John McLaughlin might have rated a mention, as he was at the intersection of politics and pop culture in his time, and I’d have enjoyed hearing the GLoP guys’ formative impressions of his show. (If there were none, that explains the omission.)

    It was on the list, we didn't get to it.

  • jeffp@PatJefferson
    In other news, I’ve been re-viewing early episodes of “Twin Peaks,” which I remember being celebrated at the time as what TV was invented to bring us, and it’s … awful.
  • Annefy@Annefy
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    jeffp (View Comment):

    In other news, I’ve been re-viewing early episodes of “Twin Peaks,” which I remember being celebrated at the time as what TV was invented to bring us, and it’s … awful.

    Really? That bums me out. I haven't watched it again, but I loved it at the time. My husband and I have been saving the re-watch for one of those weekends when you want to stay in your PJs.

    That having been said, I think you need to compare it to TV at the time (which sucked). TV since there (from what I've seen on Netflix) has gotten better and better.

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