TV 19 - Simpsons Did It

[Kepler]

So with one movie under their belt they sign on for 14 more? Or by movie do they mean "multi-episode arc"?

Honestly I think it's a joke. Or more exactly it's golden handcuffs. "Up to the next 14 movies you make are ours." They may never even make one.

[Spartanforlife4]

So with one movie under their belt they sign on for 14 more? Or by movie do they mean "multi-episode arc"?

That’s a good question. Would something like the pandemic special count as a movie? I know their usual TV schedule is stressful, but the trade off of nine months of no work is part of the deal. Now it sounds like they’ll be doing nothing but work year round.

[Spartanforlife4]

They are also worth something like 1.2B collectively. When they signed an early contract, they got something like 50% of non TV money. In the late 90s...that was not much, but now with streaming, video games, etc, they have made a killing.

I think that was still a lot, even in the 90s. Their merchandise sales were insane.

[SonofSouthie]

PBS' Classic Albums tonight is Dark Side Of The Moon.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Really enjoying the white lotus series on hbo. Connie Britton, Steve zahn and Katherine Coolidge are killing it

[ScoobyDoo]

Really enjoying the white lotus series on hbo. Connie Britton, Steve zahn and Katherine Coolidge are killing it

It has been good.

[Slap Shot]

Really enjoying the white lotus series on hbo. Connie Britton, Steve zahn and Katherine Coolidge are killing it

I want to 'like' it but I really don't care for shows when there are virtually no redeeming characters whatsoever. I get it - humans are flawed. But my goodness.

[Kepler]

Watched the pilot of Black Summer based on the RT (terrible for audience, great for critics -- an excellent sign).

It wasn't good. Maybe it gets better down the road.

[SJHovey]

So, there is this new show on CNBC called Super Heists. It airs on Monday nights. Basically, it's a one hour show each week about a notorious robbery or theft, with interviews with the actual participants from the side of law enforcement as well as the perps.

Last night's show was excellent. Jimmy Hoffa paid Nixon millions of dollars, and gave a promise of union endorsement in the '72 election, in exchange for a pardon. Nixon commuted Hoffa's sentence, which got him out of prison, but didn't allow him back into the union leadership, so Hoffa was understandably unhappy.

He used his mob connections to contact the preeminent bank robber in Cleveland, and told the guy about the $30 million cash slush fund maintained by Nixon in safe deposit boxes in a small community bank in a strip mall in California a few miles from San Clemente. All Hoffa asked in exchange was for his bribe back.

Following the robbery, the FBI assigned 125 agents to the theft, the largest such assignment outside of the JFK assassination, although the FBI maintained there was nothing special about it, and Nixon wasn't involved.

Well worth a watch.

[Kepler]

So, there is this new show on CNBC called Super Heists. It airs on Monday nights. Basically, it's a one hour show each week about a notorious robbery or theft, with interviews with the actual participants from the side of law enforcement as well as the perps.

Last night's show was excellent. Jimmy Hoffa paid Nixon millions of dollars, and gave a promise of union endorsement in the '72 election, in exchange for a pardon. Nixon commuted Hoffa's sentence, which got him out of prison, but didn't allow him back into the union leadership, so Hoffa was understandably unhappy.

He used his mob connections to contact the preeminent bank robber in Cleveland, and told the guy about the $30 million cash slush fund maintained by Nixon in safe deposit boxes in a small community bank in a strip mall in California a few miles from San Clemente. All Hoffa asked in exchange was for his bribe back.

Following the robbery, the FBI assigned 125 agents to the theft, the largest such assignment outside of the JFK assassination, although the FBI maintained there was nothing special about it, and Nixon wasn't involved.

Well worth a watch.

If they do one on the Gardner Museum heist I'll watch it. I was in the museum shortly before it happened so I have always been fascinated by it.

Also: M-ssholes, if you have never been please go. It is a wonderful place.

[SJHovey]

If they do one on the Gardner Museum heist I'll watch it. I was in the museum shortly before it happened so I have always been fascinated by it.

Also: M-ssholes, if you have never been please go. It is a wonderful place.

I thought the Netflix documentary on that heist, This Is a Robbery, was pretty good.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I want to 'like' it but I really don't care for shows when there are virtually no redeeming characters whatsoever. I get it - humans are flawed. But my goodness.

Belinda and the wife in the newlywed couple aren’t terrible

[Kepler]

I thought the Netflix documentary on that heist, This Is a Robbery, was pretty good.

Thanks, I will try it.

[state of hockey]

Belinda and the wife in the newlywed couple aren’t terrible

Uncle Rico has been a pretty straight shooter.

Also, I don't think Zahn's character is a bad guy. He just isn't a terribly good one, either.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Uncle Rico has been a pretty straight shooter.

Also, I don't think Zahn's character is a bad guy. He just isn't a terribly good one, either.

I didn’t realize that guy was uncle Rico right away.