I lost interest in AMC long ago, not only because of the interminable commercials, but the kinds of movies they show. They seem to have gone instantly from no commercials to a commercial showing every time I tune in. I never watched Mad Men, but the promos I saw did not pique my interest. And as for Breaking Bad, I happened upon it once when the main character was strangling somebody he had tied to a post in a basement, and that was the first and last time I ever saw any part of that show.
I have no brief for Ted Turner, but his movie programming is far superior to AMC's, imo.
I lived in Newport Beach during the 70s and remember the station wagon. He had a yacht, a converted WW II minesweeper named "Wild Goose," and his skipper was one of my drinking buddies. I visited the yacht a number of times, but he was never aboard during those visits. Encountered the two of them on the street in Avalon once when I was there in my own boat. BTW, atop the gangway to the yacht was a painting of "Oscar" with an eyepatch.
I eagerly clicked on the link hoping that this would be my alternative to my hopelessy biased local media, but was disappointed to see that it only serves a few states, mine not included. Let's hope it catches on and becomes a true alternative to the Democrat cheerleaders that most print media is.
According to the notes of Dr. James McHenry, one of Maryland’s delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when Benjamin Franklin was leaving Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation he was asked, “Well Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” Franklin replied, “A Republic, if you can keep it."
Will WE be able to keep it?
We'll have a good idea next November.
I still enjoy much of Bernstein's music, especially Stan Kenton's version of "West Side Story," but every time I hear any of it I can't help but remember the time when I read a Time Magazine story of a party he gave for Malcolm X, probably the one that Prof_Turgeson describes above, and was quoted as saying, "Right on, right on," during some of X's rantings. Sadly, I suspect Mr. Moriarty is right that he would probably be an Obama worshipper.
I always thought "Command Decision" was a superior movie to the more successful "12 O’clock High." The primary reason was that, although both generals did the right thing instead of buckling under to the politicians and/or superior officers, the general played by Clark Gable in the former emerged stronger than ever, while Gregory Peck's general in the latter broke down under the strain.
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