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I saw the first two episodes of The Terror. So far it seems fairly interesting, the Franklin expedition meets Alien.

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Not normally recommending comedy but...

James Acaster's 4 part Netflix standup series is very good. I think he's one of the best standup guys of this era.

Limmy's new show (one episode only, unfortunately) is fantastic, one of the best things he's done. Also watched his short episode of Funny Valentines (found on BBC iplayer)

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I have reached mid-1999 in my WWE Attitude era rewatch on the WWE Network, which is pretty great value for fans. 1997 was maybe the best year for the company ever, 1998 was good, but aside from a few highlights (debut of Y2J!) WWE programming was in a horrendous state in 1999. Obviously Austin and Rock are more charismatic and interesting frontmen than Roman and Brock, but the product was a ####ing disaster for much of that year and is, on the whole, so much better now. I hate how tacky and exploitative Vince Russo made the show. Where I am at now the Rock and Sock Connection are the only thing keeping this #### show together.

Looking forward to NXT Takeover tonight and Wrestlemania tomorrow.

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I watched a fair amount of wrestling in the Rock/Austin/Mankind/Kane/Triple H era because my friends watched it and I just couldn't wrap my head around the appeal of it. The action and humor was rarely good enough to justify watching it, everything seems so slow and cumbersome and all the bragging and hype made it all the more underwhelming.

I feel kind of bad about this because lots of wrestlers seem very nice and put themselves through hell to do these shows.

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The actual wrestling was often poor in that era. It was more about the crash TV 'event' and ratings chasing. Most of the stuff with the top stars is still entertaining, but there's a lot of coarse, ugly material which doesn't stand up to the harsh light of day.

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My wife and I just finished watching season 1 of Taboo, and I can heartily recommend it! Outstanding storytelling set in London during the early 1800s with occultism, bizarre violence, and conspiracies. Tom Hardy is excellent in the main role as the mystical anti-hero here, and I can’t wait to see what season two has in store. Check it out.

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I was entranced by this series at 8 or 9 (not particularly recent...all relative though)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da...un_(TV_serial)




but if it happened to appear on youtube/other it would become the last TV show I watched (probably briefly but always possibly forever)

the theme
lived above a Greek restaurant in Leeds for a while...oh well...still keen to rewatch though

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I've been watching lots of comedy lately:

Detectorists - Amazing! The banter is so tight.

The Good Place - Pleasantly distracting. One of the leads is in They Remain.

Santa Clarita Diet - has puke scenes that would make John Waters proud.

People Like Us - BBC mockumentary series about various occupations in the 1990s - it's fun to see a lot of contemporary actors when they were younger - e.g. David Tennant, Olivia Coleman, John Oliver

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Also lots of fun - like Madmen with empowered women? I'm not crazy about Madmen.

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Sort of television, since youtube is the new television. Perhaps this is too long for the comedy thread.
Amazing interview. Herring was trying to get Blessed for a couple of years. Funny stories about actors, climbers and his involvement with NASA.

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I am rewatching the first three seasons of The Wire and then I will watch the rest of it for the first time.