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Rochelle - I've been watching the Jeremy Brett Sherlock, and now I know why you like that Sherlock series so much.He is Sherlock. End of story.
As much as I like Ben in the current one - and that will always be my favorite - the Brett episodes are wonderful.
I'm going to watch them slowly...very slowly...so that it will take me months to get through them all. Don't want to go through them too fast.
Lynnm wrote: "Denise wrote: "I still love all the old shows! We have a couple of stations that run them. I was recently glad that one started showing The Mothers-in-Law, starring Eve Arden and Kaye Ballard. I..."Ah, the Monkees. Love them! They should rerun that one again. I saw them in concert last year, for the second time (I had seen them about ten years earlier). Both times it was just Mickey, Davy, and Peter, since Mike had distanced himself. They weren't quite as good as the last time - for example, the last time it was just the three of them on stage, and this time they had an 8-member backup band, but they were the same zany, loveable guys. There were a lot of little kids in the audience, too! I was so glad to have had another chance to see them before Davy died. My crush was actually on Peter, although I later came to think Mickey was the most talented. Davy was great, too, so cute, and that accent!
I am a huge Dark Shadows fan - did I mention that here before? I recently was in a GR group for a Q&A with Kathryn Leigh Scott (Maggie/Josette), who has written a number of books about the series. I started watching when Quentin was a zombie, and was totally in love with him!!! David Selby, along with Kathryn, Lara Parker (Angelique), and the late Jonathan Frid (Barnabas), had a cameo in a party scene in the recent movie, which I am dying to see.
Sorry to get so OT!!! But some things I just can't resist replying to!
Lynnm wrote: "Rochelle - I've been watching the Jeremy Brett Sherlock, and now I know why you like that Sherlock series so much.He is Sherlock. End of story.
As much as I like Ben in the current one - and tha..."
I'm glad you've discovered the Brett episodes, Lynn - I agree with what you say - he IS Sherlock! Excellent series.
Lynnm wrote: "Rochelle - I've been watching the Jeremy Brett Sherlock, and now I know why you like that Sherlock series so much.He is Sherlock. End of story.
As much as I like Ben in the current one - and tha..."
::grinds LynnM into the mud and walks away triumphantly::
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4SSyo...How mnay people know that the gorgeous Jeremy was Freddy in My Fair Lady, the luckless fellow who was hopelessly in love with Eliza? And sang "On the Street Where You Live"?
Alas, the episodes were posted on Youtube when they were accepting only up to 10 minutes per video. Now you get can films in their entirety.
Rochelle wrote: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4SSyo...How mnay people know that the gorgeous Jeremy was Freddy in My Fair Lady, the luckless fellow who was hopelessly in love with Eliza? And ..."
Yes, I remember when I watched the movie while the series was on, and saw him! Heard him, too - I was surprised that he was also a singer (I assume that was actually him?). Of course, I had seen the movie umpteen times before, but he hadn't stuck in my mind enough that I remembered him when I started watching the Holmes series.
Rochelle wrote: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4SSyo...How mnay people know that the gorgeous Jeremy was Freddy in My Fair Lady, the luckless fellow who was hopelessly in love with Eliza? And ..."
I didn't know that...and I love that song and scene.
Good looking, a great Sherlock...and he can sing too! :-)
Rochelle wrote: "::grinds LynnM into the mud and walks away triumphantly::"
Lol!!!
You do win, Rochelle.
(But I still like Ben too...)
Denise wrote: "Lynnm wrote: "Denise wrote: "I still love all the old shows! We have a couple of stations that run them. I was recently glad that one started showing The Mothers-in-Law, starring Eve Arden and Ka..."We are OT but hey - it's the 4th of July week - we are in chill mode.
You are a big Dark Shadows fan! I don't remember the details very well, but I remember being scared everyday watching it. I'm going to have to watch more of the episodes on Netflix.
I'm going to put this in two places.In getting things ready for next week, realized that since I had never read the short stories, I didn't connect the stories to the BBC Sherlock well.
So for the week of July 29 through August 4, if you plan on joining the discussion, read the Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plan as originally planned. But instead of reading The Naval Treaty, read The Five Pips (originally planned for August 5 through August 11).
Then, for the week of August 5 through August 11, read The Naval Treaty and A Scandal in Bohemia.
Sorry about that...I was rewatching The Great Game this evening and realized that I had made a mistake.
If you have already read The Naval Treaty and don't have time for The Five Pips for next week, not a problem. The story doesn't come into BBC Sherlock except for the idea of the five pips (will explain when the time comes).
This is also posted in the Short Stories thread.
BTW - I think that everyone will like The Bruce-Partington Plan - my favorite to date. The Five Pips I can take or leave, but how they connect the story to The Great Game in the BBC Sherlock is quite cool. :-)
I've already gotten behind, so I haven't read the short stories yet, anyway! July turned into a real...[insert unkind word here].
Jessie wrote: "I've already gotten behind, so I haven't read the short stories yet, anyway! July turned into a real...[insert unkind word here]."Jessie - sorry to hear that you've had a bad July. :-( Hope things get better.
One of the good things about reading separate stories rather than one long novel is that you are never behind. With a long novel, if you can't read for awhile, you never seem to be able to catch up. But with short stories, you can jump in and out of the conversation based on what you want to read.
I completely forgot about the Mothers-in-Law - that show was hysterical. I would love to see that again. Eve Arden and Kaye Ballard were wonderful.
Also loved Love American Style - it was so silly that it was funny. All of those that you mentioned were good. And don't forget The Monkees - I had such a crush on Davy Jones. :-)
Recently, I watched a couple of old Dark Shadows shows via Netflix. Old, yes. Still a bit scary? Also yes. I don't want to watch them all, but I have to find an episode with Quentin - I had a crush on him too. lol! You could tell that he was about to appear on screen when Quentin's Theme would begin to play.