#wildjackmonroe's thoughts

[wildjackmonroe]

I really wish Warner Brothers would loosen up the purse strings a little and do more about getting more Murphy Brown either on DVD or on streaming. They want new audiences to fall in love with the show, classic run included in that, but they do little to make that happen in terms of making the episodes available. Antenna TV has been rerunning the show for quite a while, yet I've even read a couple of articles ironically pointing out the lack of availability of the show, not mentioning the fact. Aside from that, the only other place to get seasons 2-10 is basically torrents and direct downloads.

Murphy unfortunately does not have the distinction of Roseanne and Will & Grace, where neither of those shows had gap years in syndication (well, the former never did until Roseanne showed her entire behind on twitter one too many times) and were constantly gaining new fans after their original runs were over. CBS All Access only having over just a dozen episodes for mere weeks is an effort, but it's not enough in the long run.

If The Wonder Years and WKRP can get quality releases, there’s no reason why Murphy Brown can’t. Especially when you get further into the show where music isn't as prevalent in the openings as it was in the first 2-3 seasons.

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While I was live tweeting the debate last night, I called Donald Trump a smeghead. I guess it's safe to say I'm a huge fan of Red Dwarf now after watching 8 series and three specials.

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*dusts off cobwebs* I know I don’t use either of my tumblrs often enough anymore...

So.... I'm going to Atlanta Pride tomorrow. I’m excited, but a little nervous since it's only my second time. But I can't wait. I’ve been waiting for this day. Took a little over a week’s vacation from work just so I could be off for this time of the year. I've been meaning to check out the more gay friendly parts of the area, especially lately; tomorrow's a good time to start as any. I feel like when I become more familiar with Midtown (which is a very LGBT friendly place), I hope I’ll get over the early nervousness.

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I'M SCREAMING. OMFG my mind is still reeling over that hot as hell Jason/Eric dream from last night's eppy. Best opening scene to this show EVER.

Also LMFAO at Jason dreaming about Eric going down on him in church.

FLAILING FOREVER. WHAT IS LIFE.

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I usually tend to get skeptical about favorite TV shows changing timeslots or nights, but I really think moving to Sunday at 8:30 could mean really good things for Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Even with my issues of how The Simpsons has dragged on for too long and Family Guy's pretty much at the same point, both are still some of Fox's strongest shows ratings-wise and still get good numbers for this day in the network television age every week. Before the years of Animation Domination, Fox relied on sitcoms for Sunday nights and eventually a combination of sitcoms and animated shows. What immediately comes to mind is The Simpsons, along with In Living Color, and Married... with Children dominated Sunday nights back in the day. They've got a successful show with Brooklyn, so it looks like they're trying to resemble a formula similar to that again with it and the new sitcom they're premiering. If they were putting it to say, Friday nights, where a lot of shows on that network go to die (RIP Dark Angel, Firefly, Boston Public, Wanda at Large, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Dollhouse, Raising Hope, Enlisted ... see where I'm going with this?), I'd be a lot less optimistic. Also honestly as a fan of the show, personally, I think this greatly increases my chances to watch the show live every week. I never could on Tuesdays; by this point, on Tuesday night I'm still catching up on shows that aired on Monday night.

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I thought I'd say something since today marks the 17th anniversary of the original airing of The Puppy Episode, the landmark episode of Ellen DeGeneres' first sitcom; It's actually impossible for me to sit through it and not cry a bit at least once. Especially when Ellen leans over accidentally into the microphone and says those two words: "I'm gay."

I was 11 years old then; seeing that when it originally aired and seeing what Ellen did. Not only was it a well-written, well-acted, funny episode that packed the appropriate amount of emotion; but I learned what it meant when a person comes out. I also remember not understanding why some people were giving her such a hard time for doing it.

I didn't fully realize and admit to myself that I was gay until a couple years after that. But still, that episode and many of the episodes that were done after it hold a special place in my heart and will always be memorable for me. 

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From the beginning I had no real desire to see a How I Met Your Dad spinoff. The big reason being that it wasn't just the initial premise that sold me on How I Met Your Mother in the first place; it was also the chemistry of the cast and how well everyone worked together. A new series might not be able to recapture the magic that made this one so great. My thought in terms of a new show with a similar creative train but with new characters like this actually getting on the air, was that it'll suffer the same fate as a series like That '80's Show did. Like, it just comes off to me as CBS being desperate to continue to milk a franchise after one of the biggest cash cows in the last decade for them is concluding. But now I know there's no way in hell I'm gonna commit to a spinoff after watching the final episode. It's typical in a series finale that you're not always going to be 100% satisfied with everything. With as many shows I've watched, I totally realize this. But the Mother finale set a new low of how to undermine characters and destroy much of what made it special. If the new show does get picked up for a series, there's no way I can trust that a spinoff attempt with the same premise with the same people involved in it will stay intact and will remember the importance of the fact that characters grow and evolve as they run their courses on a show.

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On a shallow point of view, while I squealed over hearing Bennet say to Walt "you've had sex with a man, that makes you just as gay as everyone else here", would it kill this show to give us some shirtless Walt and Bennet scenes? What does a fanboy have to DO to make this happen? /shallow post is shallow //not even sorry ///shirtless Walt... I need it NOW KTHX ////tbh