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And a very eclectic mix of 1970's guest stars. I finally saw the Muppet Christmas Carol a couple of years ago. While funny at times, it is pretty true to the story and.... Spoiler.... the Tiny Tim is dead scene with Miss Piggy and Kermit as the Cratchits is one of the more touching versions of that scene that I have seen.

How long have you known Chief?

I knew Chief's jokes reminded me of a classic comedian. I was thinking Henny Youngman, but really, it is this guy.

What a great night to be at Target Field. On a really petty, superficial note, I would not be sad if these uniforms were retired. The gold trim kind of gives them a cheap, flashy feel. The gift of by the second baseman was for naught.

I saw a stat recently that when you add the seasons of the four teams up - Minnesota has watched around 120 seasons of sports since the last championship. We had this poster in my bedroom - it did not survive my brother's pain and angst after one of the losses.

After the recent Wolves and Wild play-off series, I now fear any lead can be lost. Well, that and Minnesota sports history in general since the Vikings 1970's Superbowl streak...

WCCO showed a picture of Allianz field flooding commenting how its drainage system was being overwhelmed.

Nice song and good singer and performance, but I keep trying to figure out what that show this is. It is like they took a bunch of the Brady Bunch extras from the high school scenes, gave them valium and they are wondering why they cannot be at an Osmond's concert instead. Then at around 2 minutes there are strange puppet people that look like they escaped from HR Puffinstuf or Chuck E Cheese.

Too be fair I believe they might have had papyrus by then, although I think it was expensive and hard to come by, I think you would only use it for a play-off game.

Funny how this time of the season how much a week can make a difference in the feeling whether the world is ending. About a week ago each loss made people think it was going to be a 40-win season, where today there might be a little more perspective and less the sky is falling.

When a season is not going well, the definition of "fun" can often be a bit contorted from its traditional meaning.

I am guessing Mauer once he is eligible (is it five years off of the team?). I don't have an issue with any of the inductees, but they are going to run into some dry years, and as someone mentioned above, I wonder if they should have spread them out over three years..

I don't have cable, so do not have ESPN etc. Is this being covered heavily there? Maybe I have missed it, but this seems to be hardly covered in the regular news, and spring training is not that far away. If this was football, I feel like it would be a bigger story outside the sports channels.

I think this actually has some potential.

This might be the most exciting upgrade since the arrival of the mouse -- congrats on the update.

1980 Miracle on Ice. Not technically a MN event, but since Minnesota claims any connection (they adopted a pet who was born in Minnesota) and the team did actually have a strong Minnesota presence. It was probably one of the biggest things from my home town to have someone on the team including big celebrations when he returned to town. Strange to think that night we were not even watching the game live, since it had played that afternoon, but the results had not leaked out. Cannot imagine that happening now. The championship against Finland was actually on Sunday morning (we almost late for my sister's confirmation - a lot of people walking in last minute).

I have to say this shows you have a wide range in what you like to watch. I am guessing not a lot of cross over of actors appearing in both shows.

Not quite the same thing, but my company did tell people to take Juneteenth off even though it was not a regular day off for us. They wanted people to take the day off and volunteer or reflect at what was happening and the on-going issues that had created the situation or simply use as a mental health day to deal with all the stress that was happening at the time. I am sure some of it was a calculated PR move, but there have been what I take are sincere efforts to spot light things that go under the radar for a lot of us and highlight things that people of color have to thing about that would not even occur to me. They had a number of employees candidly speak on what it is like to be the only person of color on a team or on a project or even in some offices, as well as warnings they have to give their kids if they ever get pulled over or how they can spot a clerk watching them when they are in a nice store etc. Obviously, this is not going to solve all of the problems, but it is generating some additional discussion, and maybe some of the athlete's statements will make this seem more like a real issue to people who do not experience it. I do realize I am lucky in that I could just take a day off, not everyone is in a situation where they can do that or has a job where that is feasible.

I remember thinking that things were going to go from bad to disaster when they got rid of Dozier and others basically calling it a season, and then being pleasantly surprised when the actually seemed to get better and finished the last third of the season by playing respectfully. I thought the wheels would come completely off of the bus, but the remaining players kept on playing as if they had a chance. Mauer's "unofficial" retirement really did pack an emotional punch that a lot formal retirement celebrations have (esp. when they are drawn out for a full season) and doing it that way was very Mauer (even though he says otherwise, I suspect he knew that was his last game and was that he would retire in the off-season). Although he did basically get the official celebration when they retired his number the next year.

I am watching a couple of things on Netflix that might be targeted more for a much younger demographic ... Derry Girls -- I cannot decide if it is really clever/good or really stupid/bad (I think it might be really good), but it does make me laugh (as comedies of 1990's Northern Ireland strife tend to do). Locke and Key -- about half way through and it is so far has some suspenseful and creepy moments. Hopefully, it will have a stronger home-stretch than Hill House. A show probably not aimed at the tween set -- I am resuming my rewatch of the first season of Cheers. I suspect it will be pulled at some point when NBC's streaming service is in full pay mode. I loved Coach when I watched as a kid, and still do, but in retrospect, Woody might have been a funnier character (Harrelson did develop into a pretty good actor and might have been able to do more with the one-note of the character).

I am somewhat bitter about Picard being on CBS Access. I have three streaming services already (Hulu, Amazon, Netflix), and don't want to add another one, but would love to watch Picard and I heard the second season of Star Trek Discovery was pretty good. Maybe if I dropped Hulu or Netflix, but I was already thinking of doing that if I decided to get Disney Plus. Sadly, I don't think the trend of each studio or network wanting their content on their own streaming service is going to end. Anyone watch The Good Place? I did not think the last couple of seasons were as good as the first two, but I thought they really nailed the series finale. It was one of the best wrapping up of a series I have seen (although I could see people either loving or hating it).

I watched the first season of Dark -- last summer I think. I might have even posted about it on this thread. I remember thinking the first episode or two were pretty creeopy, but was more annoyed by the time it ended. I haven't decided whether to watch season 2 or not. Good to know about the subtitles, it might be more effective hearing the real voices -- some of the dubbing seemed a bit off emotion-wise.

Maybe the spider clip is misleading and she is really friendly like Charlotte. She was probably just going to give him directions out of the swamp.

Someone at work watched Chernobyl and gave it a thumbs up. My sister was in Hungary when it happened, and it was completely suppressed from news. She did not hear about it until she left the iron curtain. Dead to Me was renewed for a second season.

I agree some good acting and writing and Themla Thompkins can still sing (wonder where Tony Orlando is these days - "Dawn" ended up having the longer career). I am not sure I want to see them go for a second season though. This might be a show where a limited run is best. Kelly Bundy has come a long way from eating toaster leavings. The mother-in-law is one of those actors where you know you have seen her before, but you are not sure where.