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Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 8d

“Play the five tones”

Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 8d

His “they say there’s no Devil, Jim…” monologue touches on something that was rarely explored on the series. Space is a mystery full of scary stuff. Otherwise it feels lived in.

Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 8d

Gradually rewatching the original “Star Trek.” Bouncing around some of the best episodes of the series. “The Doomsday Machine” is a classic because of the performance of Guest Star William Windom as the Captain of the doomed Starship Constellation.

Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 9d

Remembering a Sox Fest where Kenny said “if you want to us to have the number one farm system according to Baseball America (said in a tone of voice that implied a jerk off motion), I will demote all of our young players back to Charlotte.”

Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 9d

The White Sox version. The Hallmark of the Kenny Williams farm system was the sheer number of players who never made it out of Charlotte. Pour one out for CJ Retherford.

White Sox prospects who never amounted to much.

1980 Today Show Segment: LCS Preview - Bryant Gumbal, Tom Seaver, Steve Stone

Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 10d

From 1980. Tom Seaver and Steve Stone preview the League Championship Series matchups with Bryant Gumbel on the Today Show. youtu.be/TD5L25eA3Jk?...

YouTube video by Max Carey

1984 ABC NLCS & ALCS promo: Tigers, Royals, Cubs, Padres

Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 11d

Very 80s ABC promo for coverage of the 1984 NLCS between the Cubs and Padres youtu.be/Itb1R6NmYSw?...

YouTube video by Max Carey

Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 13d

Harris ran a campaign that would have won in 2012. Different electorate, different tech, and very different motivating issues now and going forward.

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Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 13d

Trump/MAGA are social media wizards. They know the algorithm and the emotional triggers of people who view the world through TikTok, Insta, etc. everything they did last fall was for the ‘gram and if you didn’t live in that world you didn’t see it.

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Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 13d

History loves to talk about how Richard Nixon whiffed the 1960 debate because he looked old and tired next to the magnetic and handsome JFK. By 1968 Nixon was a master of TV and it established a run of GOP electoral dominance that didn’t end until the 90s.

The Monkey Hu$tle (1976) TRAILER

Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 13d

The Harris campaign did the best they could with the cards they had. What gets lost in the mists of time is that the appeal of Obama 08 was twofold: he wasn’t Bush and he wasn’t the people who either lost to Bush or were steamrolled by him in 2002/2003.

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 13d

I've written about it elsewhere but one of them is, for such an ambitious politician, essentially having no vision of her own. They had to go from 0-to-60 in two seconds, yes, but giving Obama's people the keys and re-running '08 ("Joy" / "Hope") killed her.

Julian Swearengin @julian-swearengin.bsky.social · 13d

What were her most-fatal sins?

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Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 15d

Settling all movie reference business on the NBH. Today it was “film flam scoot n’ scam” youtu.be/B-9jye2DsXY?...

YouTube video by American International Podcast

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Charismatic Frontman @westerberghs89.bsky.social · 17d

It's Always Sweater Szn

Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 17d

10 years on the Noon Business Hour and I finally managed to work in a reference to Caz Dolowicz.

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Brad Robinson @bradrobinson8.bsky.social · 17d

Honestly, where else are you gonna get A+++ contest like this?

Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 17d

10 years on the Noon Business Hour and I finally managed to work in a reference to Caz Dolowicz.

Network (1976) - Opening Credits/Scene - William Holden Peter Finch Faye Dunaway Robert Duvall

Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 17d

10 years on the Noon Business Hour and I finally managed to work in a reference to Caz Dolowicz.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17d

Steely Dan releases “Aja” 48 years ago today — their most commercially successful album, which now sits in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

It’s fun to watch Jay Graydon replicate his guitar solo from “Peg”. 🎸

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Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 19d

And let’s hear it for the Schoolyard on Southport where Mrs Hart and I had our first date.

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Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 19d

Shake a fist in tribute to fallen Milwaukee bars BBC, Vitucci’s, and Paddy’s Pub.

James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 19d

It's Monday so we're posting about bars that we're mad that they closed (Angry Wade's)

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Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 19d

50 years ago today Howard Beale was fired as the anchorman of the UBS Evening News. He then got loaded with his old friend Max Schumacher youtu.be/olYz0Om7ebg?...

YouTube video by Lost Gems & Stinkers

Sneakers - "Be A Beacon" - Robert Redford x Sidney Poitier x David Strathairn x Dan Aykroyd

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Rob Hart @robhartmedia.bsky.social · 25d

Not that you need an excuse to watch the movie “Sneakers,” but the death of Robert Redford is an excuse to watch the movie “Sneakers.” youtu.be/2q2iQC-4wbA?...

YouTube video by Josh Busfield aka bitterphase