• What Did You Watch? 2026-04-30 (Thursday)

    From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Fri May 1 04:30:41 2026
    After an arduous workout, I watched:

    Nothing.

    What did you watch?

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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Fri May 1 10:53:28 2026
    Verily, in article <UBI20260430@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net
    deliver unto us this message:

    After an arduous workout, I watched:

    Nothing.

    What did you watch?

    I caught up on Ghosts (the US version). The show's still watchable,
    though the cast is too large. I'm doing a movie day today, so I may have something more interesting to report tomorrow.

    What did everyone else watch?


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  • From Arthur Lipscomb@3:633/10 to All on Fri May 1 08:37:08 2026
    On 5/1/2026 7:53 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <UBI20260430@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:

    After an arduous workout, I watched:

    Nothing.

    What did you watch?

    I caught up on Ghosts (the US version). The show's still watchable,
    though the cast is too large. I'm doing a movie day today, so I may have something more interesting to report tomorrow.


    I noticed the wife character seemed to be doing a lot of sitting down in
    the last few episodes. I was wondering if maybe they are hiding a
    pregnancy.


    What did everyone else watch?



    On Thursday I watched:


    Law & Order - "Impropriety" - The daughter of reality TV parents is
    murdered. But due to sloppy police work the killer's confession is
    tossed out. And to make matters worse the murdered girl's father, who
    kind of reminds me of Marty McFly, but not really, sides with the defense.


    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - "Accidentally Like a Martyr" - Team
    SVU springs into action after a teenage girl is dumped in front of a
    hospital. Investigation undercover a wealthy mom throwing sex parties
    for her son, but the prosecution is complicated when the mom's father
    turns out to be a respected local judge.


    The Boys (Amazon streaming) - "One-Shots" - Actually, now that I think
    about it, I think I watched this on Wednesday. Whatever. This episode
    is the long awaited Supernatural reunion. Not only do we get Dean and
    Sam Winchester, we get Castiel, and a ton of celebrity cameos. The
    episode itself is told in several segments focusing on different
    characters. Overall, it was one of the better episodes.


    The Devil Wears Prada 2 (theatrical) The other week, I watched The
    Devil Wears Prada on Disney+ I think maybe I saw it once before when it
    first came out, but I'm not sure. The plot involved a young Anne
    Hathaway as a would be journalist who finds herself working for a
    horrible boss (Meryl Streep) at a fashion magazine. Stanley Tucci
    starred as a sort of friend and mentor at the magazine while Emily Blunt co-stared as Streep's assistant, who like Streep constantly puts down Hathaway's character. Sort of a running joke of the movie was Hathaway
    was considered unattractive, and even fat. Which was just ridiculous,
    but that's how everyone refereed to her in the movie.

    Picking up 20 years later, the sequel has Hathaway's character now an established journalist who because of plot reasons has to return to once
    again work at Streep's fashion magazine. This time to try and save it
    using her journalist skills. Everyone from the first movie comes back
    to feed the audience member berries. Overall, I found it surprisingly
    good. I'm not a fan of the franchise, I only watched the first one
    because curiosity got the better of me and I wanted to see the sequel.
    But as sequels go, getting the entire original cast back for another
    adventure worked. If you liked the first movie, you should definitely
    like the sequel.

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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Fri May 1 12:47:54 2026
    Verily, in article <10t2hb4$1gl7h$1@dont-email.me>, did arthur@alum.calberkeley.org deliver unto us this message:
    On 5/1/2026 7:53 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    I caught up on Ghosts (the US version). The show's still watchable,
    though the cast is too large. I'm doing a movie day today, so I may have something more interesting to report tomorrow.


    I noticed the wife character seemed to be doing a lot of sitting down in
    the last few episodes. I was wondering if maybe they are hiding a pregnancy.


    Hmm, I didn't notice.

    They could write a pregnancy into the show. Ghost nanny?

    Maybe I'll check out The Devil Wears Prada. It's time to put on another
    movie.

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  • From shawn@3:633/10 to All on Fri May 1 13:39:00 2026
    On Fri, 1 May 2026 12:47:54 -0400, The True Melissa
    <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Verily, in article <10t2hb4$1gl7h$1@dont-email.me>, did >arthur@alum.calberkeley.org deliver unto us this message:
    On 5/1/2026 7:53 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    I caught up on Ghosts (the US version). The show's still watchable,
    though the cast is too large. I'm doing a movie day today, so I may have >> > something more interesting to report tomorrow.


    I noticed the wife character seemed to be doing a lot of sitting down in
    the last few episodes. I was wondering if maybe they are hiding a
    pregnancy.


    Hmm, I didn't notice.

    They could write a pregnancy into the show. Ghost nanny?

    She was pregnant but they didn't write the pregnancy into the show.

    Maybe I'll check out The Devil Wears Prada. It's time to put on another >movie.

    I ended up re watching the season/series ending episode of THE
    PERIPHERAL. Sad that we won't get a second season as they did such a
    good job of ending season one and setting up a second season. If only
    all shows could do that.

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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Sat May 2 10:34:55 2026
    Verily, in article <96p9vkh1vb3jvjm0ii0bovafv6hj3vvu4g@4ax.com>, did nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com deliver unto us this message:
    On Fri, 1 May 2026 12:47:54 -0400, The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hmm, I didn't notice.

    They could write a pregnancy into the show. Ghost nanny?

    She was pregnant but they didn't write the pregnancy into the show.

    They didn't, but they could. Jay and Sam are a young couple who own a
    home. Having a child seems like a natural step for them, if one ignores
    all the ghostly shenanigans. They don't bother making the ghost rules consistent, so they can slap on a new rule that all babies can see
    ghosts and start a number of new plots.

    It could perk up the show. It's still watchable as it is, but it's
    repeating itself and adding more throwaway jokes to make up for the
    lessening organic humor.

    On the other hand, adding a baby to a show is sometimes seen as a
    desperation move which can put audiences off.

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  • From Arthur Lipscomb@3:633/10 to All on Sat May 2 10:27:13 2026
    On 5/2/2026 7:34 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <96p9vkh1vb3jvjm0ii0bovafv6hj3vvu4g@4ax.com>, did nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com deliver unto us this message:
    On Fri, 1 May 2026 12:47:54 -0400, The True Melissa
    <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hmm, I didn't notice.

    They could write a pregnancy into the show. Ghost nanny?

    She was pregnant but they didn't write the pregnancy into the show.

    They didn't, but they could. Jay and Sam are a young couple who own a
    home. Having a child seems like a natural step for them, if one ignores
    all the ghostly shenanigans. They don't bother making the ghost rules consistent, so they can slap on a new rule that all babies can see
    ghosts and start a number of new plots.

    It could perk up the show. It's still watchable as it is, but it's
    repeating itself and adding more throwaway jokes to make up for the
    lessening organic humor.

    On the other hand, adding a baby to a show is sometimes seen as a
    desperation move which can put audiences off.


    Agreed. Another factor against adding a kid is it's probably really
    expensive and time consuming for the show.

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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Sat May 2 15:16:51 2026
    Verily, in article <10t5c5h$2ar41$1@dont-email.me>, did arthur@alum.calberkeley.org deliver unto us this message:

    On 5/2/2026 7:34 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <96p9vkh1vb3jvjm0ii0bovafv6hj3vvu4g@4ax.com>, did nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com deliver unto us this message:
    On Fri, 1 May 2026 12:47:54 -0400, The True Melissa
    <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hmm, I didn't notice.

    They could write a pregnancy into the show. Ghost nanny?

    She was pregnant but they didn't write the pregnancy into the show.

    They didn't, but they could. Jay and Sam are a young couple who own a
    home. Having a child seems like a natural step for them, if one ignores
    all the ghostly shenanigans. They don't bother making the ghost rules consistent, so they can slap on a new rule that all babies can see
    ghosts and start a number of new plots.

    It could perk up the show. It's still watchable as it is, but it's repeating itself and adding more throwaway jokes to make up for the lessening organic humor.

    On the other hand, adding a baby to a show is sometimes seen as a desperation move which can put audiences off.


    Agreed. Another factor against adding a kid is it's probably really expensive and time consuming for the show.

    On TV, most baby characters I've seen are played by dolls most of the
    time. It's common to see a TV mom pushing a doll around in a stroller.
    I've seen that done on Charmed and Mad About You, and probably others
    I'm forgetting.

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@3:633/10 to All on Sat May 2 22:36:55 2026
    On 5/2/2026 12:16 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <10t5c5h$2ar41$1@dont-email.me>, did arthur@alum.calberkeley.org deliver unto us this message:

    On 5/2/2026 7:34 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <96p9vkh1vb3jvjm0ii0bovafv6hj3vvu4g@4ax.com>, did
    nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com deliver unto us this message:
    On Fri, 1 May 2026 12:47:54 -0400, The True Melissa
    <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hmm, I didn't notice.

    They could write a pregnancy into the show. Ghost nanny?

    She was pregnant but they didn't write the pregnancy into the show.

    They didn't, but they could. Jay and Sam are a young couple who own a
    home. Having a child seems like a natural step for them, if one ignores
    all the ghostly shenanigans. They don't bother making the ghost rules
    consistent, so they can slap on a new rule that all babies can see
    ghosts and start a number of new plots.

    It could perk up the show. It's still watchable as it is, but it's
    repeating itself and adding more throwaway jokes to make up for the
    lessening organic humor.

    On the other hand, adding a baby to a show is sometimes seen as a
    desperation move which can put audiences off.


    Agreed. Another factor against adding a kid is it's probably really
    expensive and time consuming for the show.

    On TV, most baby characters I've seen are played by dolls most of the
    time. It's common to see a TV mom pushing a doll around in a stroller.
    I've seen that done on Charmed and Mad About You, and probably others
    I'm forgetting.

    Another method is using twins. When one get cranky or misbehaves you
    just swap them.

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    dirty old man.

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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Sun May 3 07:04:15 2026
    Verily, in article <10t6mtp$2lj1b$1@dont-email.me>, did
    dtravel@sonic.net deliver unto us this message:

    On 5/2/2026 12:16 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <10t5c5h$2ar41$1@dont-email.me>, did arthur@alum.calberkeley.org deliver unto us this message:

    On 5/2/2026 7:34 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <96p9vkh1vb3jvjm0ii0bovafv6hj3vvu4g@4ax.com>, did
    nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com deliver unto us this message:

    Agreed. Another factor against adding a kid is it's probably really
    expensive and time consuming for the show.

    On TV, most baby characters I've seen are played by dolls most of the
    time. It's common to see a TV mom pushing a doll around in a stroller.
    I've seen that done on Charmed and Mad About You, and probably others
    I'm forgetting.

    Another method is using twins. When one get cranky or misbehaves you
    just swap them.

    Yeah, the Olsen twins started that way. The show doesn't even really
    need that until they're old enough to have lines, though. If they added
    a baby and the show went on another couple of years, they could cast
    toddler twins at that point.

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  • From suzeeq@3:633/10 to All on Sun May 3 06:59:24 2026
    On 5/3/2026 4:04 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <10t6mtp$2lj1b$1@dont-email.me>, did
    dtravel@sonic.net deliver unto us this message:

    On 5/2/2026 12:16 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <10t5c5h$2ar41$1@dont-email.me>, did
    arthur@alum.calberkeley.org deliver unto us this message:

    On 5/2/2026 7:34 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <96p9vkh1vb3jvjm0ii0bovafv6hj3vvu4g@4ax.com>, did >>>>> nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com deliver unto us this message:

    Agreed. Another factor against adding a kid is it's probably really
    expensive and time consuming for the show.

    On TV, most baby characters I've seen are played by dolls most of the
    time. It's common to see a TV mom pushing a doll around in a stroller.
    I've seen that done on Charmed and Mad About You, and probably others
    I'm forgetting.

    Another method is using twins. When one get cranky or misbehaves you
    just swap them.

    Yeah, the Olsen twins started that way. The show doesn't even really
    need that until they're old enough to have lines, though. If they added
    a baby and the show went on another couple of years, they could cast
    toddler twins at that point.

    Having just watched the lastest episode, it doesn't appear thet the
    actress is prenant. She was standing without anything in front of her a
    lot of the time.

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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Sun May 3 10:48:18 2026
    Verily, in article <10t7kbr$2dil$1@solani.org>, did suzee@imbris.com
    deliver unto us this message:

    On 5/3/2026 4:04 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <10t6mtp$2lj1b$1@dont-email.me>, did
    dtravel@sonic.net deliver unto us this message:

    On 5/2/2026 12:16 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <10t5c5h$2ar41$1@dont-email.me>, did
    arthur@alum.calberkeley.org deliver unto us this message:

    On 5/2/2026 7:34 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <96p9vkh1vb3jvjm0ii0bovafv6hj3vvu4g@4ax.com>, did >>>>> nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com deliver unto us this message:

    Agreed. Another factor against adding a kid is it's probably really >>>> expensive and time consuming for the show.

    On TV, most baby characters I've seen are played by dolls most of the
    time. It's common to see a TV mom pushing a doll around in a stroller. >>> I've seen that done on Charmed and Mad About You, and probably others
    I'm forgetting.

    Another method is using twins. When one get cranky or misbehaves you
    just swap them.

    Yeah, the Olsen twins started that way. The show doesn't even really
    need that until they're old enough to have lines, though. If they added
    a baby and the show went on another couple of years, they could cast toddler twins at that point.

    Having just watched the lastest episode, it doesn't appear thet the
    actress is prenant. She was standing without anything in front of her a
    lot of the time.

    It says here that she announced a pregnancy at the Golden Globes.

    https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/multiple-pregnancies-in-the-cast-of- ghosts-has-fans-curious-about-season-3.html/

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