Episode 107 - Jon Puts Steve and Dave in an Empty Frame.

As I oft note, not all of my 'clever' titles are good, or even clever.

I adore this one.  

We've got Chapman with no power.

We've got a little Dennis.

We've got Jim GETTING PAID.

We've got this amazing show not giving a shit that two of the main characters in the story are a gay couple.  It's never mentioned, it is not played for laughs (as it was at the time, I'm looking at you Three's Company).  They're just a couple.

This is the first time I will be using a picture that does not have Jimbo in it for the post.  I needed to use Angel in the pool.

You ever cosplay a Kronstadt sailor?

Angel might be at his worst here, except for when he becomes a televangelist in one of the 90s movies.

The 'communists' are pretty funny.

In the end though, the way being gay is treated as just, well, a normal thing, so normal that it is not even mentioned, is super freaking cool FOR TODAY.  In 1978 it's actually revolutionary.

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Episode 106 - Steve, Jon and Dave Use Real Estate Words Like Escrow

Tough title this week.

Some 'problematic' as the kids say, portrayals of 'unnamed scary Arab culture' in this one.  I suppose that's a sign of the times, but it was a bit weird.  This is an occupational hazard of looking at 50 year old media.  

There's also a lot of BS psychobabble (that is, to be fair, portrayed that way) in this one.  I approve.

This has nothing to do with the episode, but, will spring come at some point please?

The ol' cork in the eye trick eh?  That's twice this month.

Is that Bull from Night Court?

(It is).

The words 'ham fisted' come to mind now and then during this one.

I quite liked the episode despite the weirdness.

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