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Favoriting February 7, 2021: Snow dream, snow fall, snow fly...

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Snow. Lots of it.
Snow. Lots of it.
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Artist Track Album Label Comments New Approx. start time
Galaxie 500  Listen, the Snow Is Falling   Favoriting This Is Our Music  Rough Trade Records  Yoko Ono cover    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Dionne Warwick  Going Out of My Head   Favoriting Very Dionne  Scepter Records      0:07:58 (Pop-up)
The Fugees  Killing Me Softly with His Song   Favoriting The Score  Ruffhouse Records / Columbia  Roberta Flack cover, even though she was not the original artist to record the song, nor did she write it.    0:11:03 (Pop-up)
Lollise  Afronaut   Favoriting Looking at You  via her Bandcamp page      0:16:04 (Pop-up)
Grace Jones  Breakdown   Favoriting Warm Leatherette  Island Records  Tom Petty cover    0:20:53 (Pop-up)
Richard Hell & the Voidoids  The Kid with the Replaceable Head   Favoriting Destiny Street Complete  Omnivore Recordings  2021 reissue of a 1982 release  *   0:26:28 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The B-52's 

Follow Your Bliss   Favoriting

Cosmic Thing 

Reprise Records 

 

 

0:28:43 (Pop-up)
Nicole Atkins  Break It to Me Gently   Favoriting Break It to Me Gently Single  via her Bandcamp page  Brenda Lee Cover    0:35:31 (Pop-up)
Matthew Sweet  Drifting   Favoriting Catspaw  Omnivore Recordings    *   0:38:21 (Pop-up)
Merlynn Belle  A Lot to Want   Favoriting Tele Novella  Kill Rock Stars      0:41:43 (Pop-up)
Ohtis (feat. Stef Chura)  Schatze   Favoriting Schatze b/w Failure  Saddle Creek Records  Saddle Creek Document Series    0:45:27 (Pop-up)
The Darrows  Is It You   Favoriting Strum and Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987  Captured Tracks    *   0:48:34 (Pop-up)
Cub Scout Bowling Pins  Heaven Beats Iowa   Favoriting Heaven Beats Iowa  GBV Inc.    *   0:52:12 (Pop-up)
1910 Fruitgum Co.  Simon Says   Favoriting Simon Says  Buddha Records      0:54:51 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The B-52's 

Follow Your Bliss   Favoriting

Cosmic Thing 

Reprise Records 

 

 

0:57:08 (Pop-up)
The Mountain Goats  Their Gods Do Not Have Surgeons   Favoriting Songs for Pierre Chuvin  Merge Records    *   1:05:16 (Pop-up)
Cassandra Jenkins  Hard Drive   Favoriting An Overview on Phenomenal Nature  via her Bandcamp page    *   1:08:49 (Pop-up)
The Flaming Lips  In the Morning of the Magicians   Favoriting Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots  Warner Bros. Records      1:14:21 (Pop-up)
Tom Zé  Bola pra frente   Favoriting Raridades  Warner Music Brasil    *   1:20:42 (Pop-up)
Dee Dee Bridgewater  People Make the World Go Round   Favoriting Afro Blue  Mr. Bongo  Reissue- originally released 1974  *   1:23:32 (Pop-up)
Yoko Ono  Winter Song   Favoriting Approximately Infinite Universe  Apple Records      1:28:13 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The B-52's 

Follow Your Bliss   Favoriting

Cosmic Thing 

Reprise Records 

 

 

1:31:53 (Pop-up)
Temples  Monuments   Favoriting Silence Is Not an Option (turn this up)  ATO Records      1:35:17 (Pop-up)
Jamila Woods  OCTAVIA   Favoriting LEGACY! LEGACY!  Jagjaguwar Records      1:39:43 (Pop-up)
702  Where My Girls At?   Favoriting 702  Motown Records      1:42:55 (Pop-up)
Prince  Uptown   Favoriting Live at the Capitol Theatre  Unofficial Release  Recorded live, January 30, 1982 at the Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ    1:45:44 (Pop-up)
The Selecter  Black and Blue   Favoriting Make More Noise! Women in Independent UK Music 1977-1987  Cherry Red Records    *   1:48:32 (Pop-up)
Booker T. & the MGs  Something   Favoriting Something / Sunday Sermon 7"  Stax Records  Beatles (George Harrison) cover    1:51:55 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The B-52's 

Follow Your Bliss   Favoriting

Cosmic Thing 

Reprise Records 

 

 

1:55:34 (Pop-up)
George Harrison and Friends  Wah-Wah (Live)   Favoriting The Concert for Bangla Desh  Apple Records      1:59:45 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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chresti:

Nice snow pic! Hi Therese and party! Listening while doing stuff and things...
  6:01pm
SeanG:

hi therese
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:02pm
luka:

hi Therese ^_^
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joe mulligan:

you could call the snow "Hunter boot high?"
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Therese:

Hi folks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:03pm
luka:

we’re putting all of the houseplants into an app so we don’t kill them.
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Therese:

Tretorn boot high, @Joe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
Scott67:

G'day Therese & Tangentials!
✌😎🌏
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
joe mulligan:

haha even better Therese! good start to the evening
  6:04pm
SeanG:

i work at whole foods in cambridge, MA and sometimes Naomi from Galaxie 500 stops in nice lady
also juliana hatfield stops in too
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
Ciggy:

2 1/2 hours of shoveling & 3 advils later after listening to the snow falling.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
JB from NP:

NICE!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:05pm
luka:

@SeanG tell her 1) the olivia newton john album was sick 2) the I Don’t Cares record she did with Westerberg needs a vinyl release.
Avatar 6:05pm
HyperDose:

Therese bringin' the heat!
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Therese:

@Luka & @SeanG- agreed on Juliana Hatfield's ONJ record!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:06pm
luka:

@HyperDose bringing the Deftones convo here. everything they’ve done with Sergio on base has been really good!!
  6:07pm
SeanG:

you got it Luka!! yeah that westerberg/hatfield record is awesome and the ONJ record too
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HyperDose:

Totally agree. An asset to the band and one of the few bassists who could attempt to fill Chi's shoes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:09pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Mmmm ... if only that snow were guacamole!
  6:18pm
Jett:

Hello @Therese I hope you are well. Trying to.relax and enjoy your show this evening.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:21pm
adamdoesit:

Hi Therese and parenthesists. We're digging the beats in Brooklyn.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:24pm
Mr. Pumpy:

hi therese. loving this grace jones cover! hope all is well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:24pm
steveo:

This set feels cathartic. Hi.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:25pm
Matt Fiveash:

I like Grace's version of this song way better than Tom Petty's. She's an underrated song interpreter. Also Hi Therese!
Avatar 6:26pm
Therese:

Hi Matt! FYI, I bought this 45 from your better half at a Record Fair...
Avatar 6:27pm
Therese:

You know what? I really don't like the term "better half," now that I think about it...
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HyperDose:

My better half is the other half of the quesadilla 😍
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:30pm
Mr. Pumpy:

therese...i know what you mean about that term. and i've had a similar reaction after using it.
  6:32pm
Jett:

Especially when @Therese is not just the better half, she's both halves. That guy is a mere scintilla!
  6:33pm
Jett:

I'm a bit bored but at least I can enjoy your show. That helps a lot.
  6:35pm
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Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:38pm
Doug in JC:

I don’t get invited to super bowl parties anymore. BUT the last time I went to one they had a deep fryer and we fried everything that was available in the kitchen
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:38pm
Ciggy:

@Therese~ you're just like my sister. She grew up & married into a family of sports enthusiasts. She has other things to do with her time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:38pm
Doug in JC:

I should clarify: no current friends of mine have super bowl parties
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Therese:

@Doug- I can get behind a deep fryer party.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:39pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

! GutenNoches !
- my sweet nuthins.
Avatar 6:40pm
βrian:

I've never watched a super bowl, mainly because I only knew about it the day afterward.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:41pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I've never watched a super bowl mainly because I HATE SPORTS.
Avatar 6:42pm
βrian:

"I don't hate sports, I just like it better when they're not around."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:43pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Which is never.
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βrian:

Say, it appears some Calvados has found its way into my teacup.
  6:47pm
SeanG:

SPORTS is a great album by Huey Lewis and the News
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βrian:

When I got to university, I was miffed at the notion that a paying student would have to purchase tickets. So I never made it into that cavernous stadium.
  6:47pm
Will:

Another show with a reliably good playlist, sez me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
Mr. Pumpy:

As long as we're sharing... I like a lot of different sports, but don't care for most that go along with them. Not much for the fandom, celebrity, marketing, worship, and such. However, I have no problem with other people getting down with them...just not my thing. I do really get into some of the strategy, prowess, and fundamentals of some sports, though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
Mr. Pumpy:

Organized Sports is a great VOID song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:51pm
Ciggy:

On 3rd & 8, Brady is Sacked!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:51pm
Mr. Pumpy:

The Darrows, what a great sound! Thanks, Therese.
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βrian:

Once (if) this pandemic thing is over, I'd like to see more pubs that have no TVs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

On the chatboards - someone suggested to me that pub show sports because it makes sense w/ the sound down... What about BugsBunny I said? They said Sound is a big part of Bugs. OK - but it would still work...
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βrian:

Wife peering over my shoulder: "Damn, that boot looks so ... authoritative."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

A Wellington on a human face forever...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
Mr. Pumpy:

I've been in more than one pub showing cartoons or movies with the sound down. Not all too common, but it happens.
  6:57pm
Dean:

1910 Fruitgum Co. reminds me of the LP cut-out bins in supermarkets of yore.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Doug in JC:

A bar without any screens is a rare and precious find these days
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
Doug in JC:

Golden Cicada was an exception... I assume Therese has been there. Terry would sometimes turn the music off and show off a slideshow of his recent vacation and narrate the whole thing for everyone
  7:01pm
Jett:

@Therese Were you doing your calisthenics during the 1910 Fruitgum Company track?
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Therese:

Oh, the Golden Cicada! Terry would also force people into karaoke. He chose the song and you sang it.
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Bergey:

<3 love me some GBV
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
Doug in JC:

I got tired of drinking Budweiser so I asked Terry if he would consider carrying a craft beer or two. He said he once sold Heineken and nobody bought it so he was never selling anything different again. Possibly the only bar I've ever been to with a library
  7:04pm
Jett:

Remember when the Talking Heads would do "1-2-3 Red Light" during their live shows?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
chresti:

I remember Simon Says, was not aware of who made it.
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βrian:

Not sure if it's still there, but Jimmiie's in Hyde Park, IL, used to have a great reference section.
  7:05pm
Jett:

The domestic beers that I like are Pabst Blue Ribbon, Schlitz, and Samuel Adams.
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Therese:

AND he thwarted St. Peter's Prep when they tried to take the bar via eminent domain in order to expand their football field! Golden Cicada forever...
  7:05pm
Dean:

It's through the magic of IETF RFCs, and that is genuine magic!

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc-index.html
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βrian:

The domestic beers I like are made in Dane County, Wisconsin.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
Doug in JC:

I like Yuengling but of course I had to boycott them for their disgusting politics
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
chresti:

I think Vesuvio's in SF had books, don't think it had a library.
  7:12pm
Dean:

Not fair, chresti, given that Vesuvio's is across the street from City Lights.
  7:14pm
Robby:

Therese, I knew I would like your show before I ever heard it when my brother told me about it and said “She’s one of us.” And you are.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
Scott67:

Love this!! Thanks for introducing me to her Therese! ✌😎
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
chresti:

My parents liked to go there when they first moved up to the Bay Area.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm
Doug in JC:

Hey Scott!
  7:16pm
SeanG:

my fave bar in the Bay Area when I was there circa 1994 was the Hotel Utah
Avatar 7:17pm
βrian:

This cut was background music when I was working on publising a scholarly book on Victorian porn.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
Richy4619:

Bah. I live in SF and I am miserable. The culture is dead. No community anywhere.
  7:19pm
Dean:

Hotel Utah is still there as far as I know. I'm across the Bay, but I don't get to SF all that much. Enjoyed Spec's, not far from Vesuvio's.

On the Hotel Utah website: "Employees must carve 'Slayer' into forearms before returning to work."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
chresti:

Dean, I think they had books there to keep a beatnik vibe going.
Oh no Richey!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Scott67:

G'day Doug! 👍😎
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
chresti:

G'day Scott67!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
Asheville Jon:

is it just me or is the streaming cutting out a lot (and now just gone)
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βrian:

Pity the dyslexic employee who read that as "Layers."
  7:21pm
Dean:

More like a Tatler or Spectator vibe, I imagine.
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Therese:

Anyone else having issues with the audio stream?
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Jacques Trois:

God, it’s been just one beautiful song after another. It’s overwhelming 😉
  7:22pm
Dean:

No issues.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
chresti:

Richey, you're in the outer Sunset? My son is on Divisadero x Hayes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
Scott67:

G'day chresti! ✌😎🤘
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Pure as the driven snow for me.
  7:23pm
Robby:

No issues with stream here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
Doug in JC:

I'm using the phone app and it's been fine
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
chresti:

Sounds good here.
  7:24pm
Jett:

You sound fine over the radio at my house. @Therese
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
Scott67:

Err I mean, 🖖😎
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
Asheville Jon:

could be just me. wouldn't be the first time i had issues. i dunno. been cutting out a lot, then just went away. closed player, it came back again
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βrian:

The stream keeps changing every time I step in it. Sounds fine.
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Therese:

Thanks, folks! @Jon, I'm glad you're back.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
Scott67:

Therese, a couple of brief drops here in Australia. But compared to my recent luck with the streams it's perfect. 😁
  7:26pm
Jett:

I'm used to The Stylistics version of "People Make The World Go Round." this version is okay though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Asheville Jon:

thanks Therese, been enjoying the show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
steveo:

Her voice 🤩
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...oh yeah - I do like 'Yoshima'
...yer good for that DJ T !
Seriously steveo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
DonJuanTijuana:

Tuned in just now, love ❤️ this !! Hi @Therese!
  7:28pm
Jett:

I also remember a Milt Jackson version of that Thom Bell composition.
  7:29pm
Dean:

I was working in a record store when her Just Family album appeared. Is that her on the cover? So beautiful. I really need to check out more of her work. Her name alone is poetry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
chresti:

Her voice is like another brass/woodwind instrument, pure notes.@Dee Dee
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Wonderful pretty Yoko.
  7:32pm
Dean:

Earlier today my daughter was singing "like" Yoko Ono. I remarked as much. Blank stares all around.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
PMD:

Don't worry! I"m ok.
  7:36pm
Dean:

Reading James I. Wimsatt, Allegory and Mirror: Tradition and Structure in Middle English Literature.

Sorry you asked?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
chresti:

Doing fine, auntie Therese.
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Therese:

Good! See, was that so hard?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
Scott67:

I'm doing..... something? Feels like life, but can't be sure.
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Jacques Trois:

Finished reading “Unnecessary Woman” by Rabih Alameddine earlier today.
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Therese:

@Scott67- I read your comment in the voice of the Headcrushing Guy from the Kids in the Hall.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
Scott67:

I'm reading the ingredients on a Frozen Pizza box. Intriguing stuff! 😎🍕
  7:39pm
Mungerphut:

I'm reading Icebound by Andrea Pitzer
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
Doobois:

Mrs. Doobois and I and our three furbabies Lucy, Jonesy and Carla are doing well. Thank you for asking. We all hope that you and yours are the same, Therese — and everyone else reading this!
  7:39pm
Gerry from Miami:

Sheena's Jungle Room hasn't worked for me today, but the other three streams are fine. And a rousing agreement on the kudos for Ms. Dee Dee Bridgewater. She is top of the line. Not a big fan of Yoko, but that tune was mellow and non-irritating, unlike some of her other material.
  7:39pm
Gerry from Miami:

Sheena's Jungle Room hasn't worked for me today, but the other three streams are fine. And a rousing agreement on the kudos for Ms. Dee Dee Bridgewater. She is top of the line. Not a big fan of Yoko, but that tune was mellow and non-irritating, unlike some of her other material.
  7:40pm
wendy del formaggio:

Hi Therese! I’m doing laundry and cooking so I have been lurking for awhile. Now the stove is doing all the work so I have a moment to say, “Hi!” I’m reading “Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel,” by Rachel Holmes. It’s a very engaging bio.
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Jacques Trois:

Agree with Gerry re. Dee Dee and Yoko
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41pm
Scott67:

Hahaha! Therese, will have to goggle that ref? Not familiar in Oz. 😎
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Therese:

Sketch comedy group from Canada, @Scott67.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:43pm
luka:

Jamila #1 and thee best.
  7:43pm
Dean:

Love Yoko. Always inventive, daring.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:43pm
Uncle Michael:

Therese!
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HyperDose:

@Therese if you like sketch comedy I'd highly recommend Aunty Donna. They just got a netflix show, but have been on youtube for years.
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Therese:

Uncle Michael! Wendy!
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Therese:

@hyperdose- I'm not familiar with Aunty Donna, will check it out.
  7:44pm
Gerry from Miami:

Therese, the Kids in the Hall got me through the 90s. Hilarious.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
Scott67:

Therese, love him! Shave his head & he's men, down to the glasses. Will have to binge some eps.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
chresti:

I mostly read the New Yorker, otherwise read things online while listening to wfmu.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
Uncle Michael:

I was more of an Upright Citizen's Brigade guy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
Scott67:

HyperD, G'day! They're brilliant Aussie comedy, so glad they get a wider audience.
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Therese:

It's not a competition, @Uncle Michael! :) Plenty of room for both of them with space to spare for the Mighty Boosh.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
luka:

ffffffff i was just thinking about “uptown” today.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
Scott67:

Me down to the glasses* & men I guess?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
luka:

i would have died hearing this in the flesh
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
Uncle Michael:

I come from Chicago where improv comedy IS a competition...literally.
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Jacques Trois:

Mmm, a Prince nugget
  7:49pm
wendy del formaggio:

I loooove Kids In The Hall. It was the right show for the right time in my life (my teenage years). And upon repeated viewings, it still is.
  7:50pm
morphe':

Do not have a TV, but for historical reasons, wanted to mention that FMU used to host THE STUPIDBOWL - watching with the sound down and FMU UP...
Sort of like Ken with the TeleTubbies....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Yay Selecter !
Yay Kids in the Hall.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
Uncle Michael:

I completely forgot the Big Game is on.
  7:51pm
wendy del formaggio:

I also love SCTV, since we’re on the “sketch comedy” subject. I can’t even think about Pirini Scleroso without laughing out-loud.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
luka:

KitH shaped my entire response to comedy, thank you aunt Barb for letting me watch it when i was too young.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Nevermind the Punters
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βrian:

Every game is "The Big Game," as far as I can tell. I don't get it.
  7:53pm
morphe':

Uncle Michael .. EXXXxtra Credit for not knowing !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I only think of it to go shopping before the crowds ... NYC
tonight went after the snow and after the start ... no lines in the shops...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Well - Python descended on me like a 16Ton weight when I was in JuniorHigh in the USA... The Beatles of Comedy like that for me for sure.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
Uncle Michael:

Cheech & Chong made me who I am.
  7:53pm
Dean:

In high school I attended improvisational acting competitions at schools here and there in California. As a freshman I observed my junior and senior schoolmates performing masterfully. To this day their thespian skills amaze and inspire me. But the televised versions utterly distort and miss the point.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
Asheville Jon:

hey UM, how's it going?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
Matt Fiveash:

@Therese from an hour and 20 minutes ago: I'm not crazy about the term "better half" either, but she is in fact better than me, so at least it's accurate in that sense... sorry to reply so late but I was eating dinner with "the ol' ball and chain"
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HyperDose:

We wouldn't have you any other way UM!
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Therese:

SCTV! Hoboken Jack lent me some SCTV DVDs many years ago. I'm not sure if I ever gave them back...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Uncle Michael:

It's a good day, Jon. How are you?
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Therese:

@Fiveash- tell your old lady I said hello!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Asheville Jon:

oh, you know, living the dream and all that. doin ok.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
Uncle Michael:

All *joking* aside. Firesign Theatre and SCTV are my sketch comedy touchstones.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Probly everyone knows that when the MGs came to England - TheBeatles went & wordlessly bowed before them...
  7:55pm
wendy del formaggio:

@RRabbit: Same with me—Monty Python knocking me out in Jr High. Right around then I also discovered “The Young Ones,” which hugely influenced my demented development.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
Matt Fiveash:

@Therese- you got a "hi" back from the sofa over yonder...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

@ my age - Young Ones was *much* later. Completely other era. & they were...
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DonJuanTijuana:

Thank you @Therese! Only here a brief time, but very enjoyable as all of your shows are! Check u out next week!
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v-dawg:

Apparently SCTV cannot be fully released because of the pirated (sort of) background music. It is too bad, it would be nice to see.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks for the fun today, Therese. Have a good week!
  7:57pm
Dean:

If Firesign Theatre is sketch comedy, then Rabelais was writing jokes for Carson.
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Doug in JC:

Thanks Therese!
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Uncle Michael:

The music wasn't pirated, it's just too expensive to license.
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morphe':

Uncle Michael - I am older than you = Captain Kangaroo and the Bevely HillBillies... and Jack LaLane .... My mother had to mond children to keep our kitchen going and I remember resenting (age 9-10) that I grew up without Sesame Street, nor Big Wheels...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

TY LadyT !
...Did have an older brother - so heard the mighty Firesign. Oh yeah.
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Uncle Michael:

If FT aren't sketch comedy, then neither are Bob & Ray.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

I always liked the SCTV opening where the person lifts up the console and pulls out a sandwich.
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Ryansterlingvirtue:

great show Therese. Thanks!
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βrian:

I think I had a permanent bruise from reenacting the monks routine with friends. "Dona eis requiem."
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Jett:

Ty 4 a great show! @Therese Have a wonderful week. Stay well!
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yikes:

702 = middle school school bus
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Asheville Jon:

thanks for the fine show tonight Therese!
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Uncle Michael:

morphe, are you? I watched all of those as a child. WHat was Jack's dog's name?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Yerknow - SubGenius are all about Firesign - big shadow.
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Dean:

Splitting genre hairs?
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v-dawg:

Thanks for getting me thru today's cleaning.
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Scott67:

Well this is all ending way too soon!! Thanks Therese for greatness, as always. ✌😎❤🌏
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

We had the LaLaine 'Chickenfat' 7"...
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radioronan:

Thanks Therese!.. thanks skeletons..
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Uncle Michael:

Solomon was all about splitting heirs.
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chresti:

Thank you Therese!
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luka:

what @radioronan said!!
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks, Therese
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Therese:

Thanks for stopping by, everyone! Stay tuned for Gaylord Fields!
  8:00pm
Dean:

Solomon won the bet...by a hair.
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morphe':

UM - forgot Bozo the Clown

Parable of the Sower - amazing book
A must BUTLER read is KINDRED =
BLACK LIVES MATTER - DEEP SUBTEXT ANALYSIS
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morphe':

Thanks Therese and all .. !!!!
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Will:

Great show as always.
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