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Moondoggie
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Retired newspaper guy. Classic and current films and TV. Arsenal FC, Lakers, Steelers, WVU, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Penguins, Maple Leafs. Anti-fascist.
It is, indeed. Billy Benedict. I guess it was a good character name for him. Even before The Bowery Boys, he played Whitey Murphy in the Republic Pictures serial The Adventures of Captain Marvel and Pvt. Whitey in The Story of G.I. Joe. 😲
December 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Just watched episode 6 of Pluribus on Apple TV. I decided that had this happened in real life when I was about 35 and I'd been one of the survivors, I'd have totally been this guy. 😂

#tvsky 📺
December 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Repost with the best Star Trek character who isn't a member of The Federation.
December 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Now seated in theater 11 at Cinemark for the 1 p.m. showing of Eternity. I'm not a huge fan of modern romantic comedies but this one has an interesting premise. Kind of like one of those supernatural fantasies they were doing in the 40s. So we'll see. Catch y'all later.

#filmsky 📽️
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Just signed up for a month of Netflix so I could watch Nouvelle Vague and Frankenstein. Got a first month upgrade to the premium plan for $17.99. I added Stranger Things and Wednesday to my "stuff" to try out because people talk about them a lot. Anything else I should be checking out?

#tvsky 📺
December 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to you too Tammy! I'm thankful for yours as well!
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
😂 Happy Thanksgiving to you too Anita! Hope you're having wonderful holiday!
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Just finished episode 5 of Pluribus ("Got Milk") on Apple TV. This episode was released early for the holiday. I'm kind of digging this show. It's science fiction. It's a mystery. It's a character study. It's also very slyly funny. The writing and acting are stellar.

#tvsky 📺 #Pluribus #AppleTV
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Now seated in XD theater 8 at Cinemark for the 1 p.m. showing of Wicked: For Good. This will be my second viewing. Hoping it continues to clean up at the box office. Catch y'all later.

#filmsky 📽️
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Jeff Goldblum in California Split (1974). He played George Segal's co-worker. Robert Altman saw him in a play called El Grande de Coca Cola in the basement of the Plaza Hotel in New York and asked him to come to L.A. to be in the film, then made him the Tricycle Man in Nashville.

#filmsky 📽️
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
One thing I really enjoyed about Wicked: For Good is that early on we got to see some of Elphaba's vigilantism in defense of the animals (only referenced in the musical). My favorite was the building of the Yellow Brick Road, when large beasts of burden were being used in construction.

#filmsky 📽️
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Good to see Officer Obie get his due in the article. He already had some notoriety as a model for Stockport resident Norman Rockwell, as in this pencil sketch (left) used nationally by Mass Mutual. And he would play himself in the movie (right). A pretty good guy from all accounts.
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Thanksgiving Day 1965, two young hippies loaded trash into their VW Microbus and took it to the local dump near Stockbridge, Mass. Finding the dump closed, they tossed the garbage over a bank where they noticed other trash had been discarded. The rest is history.

The Berkshire Eagle reports:
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My mom lived in Scotland for a few years in the early 70s and had a brindle Cairn named Claire MacLeod. She was a bitchy little thing, but a lot of fun. 😂
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Now seated in theater 9 at Cinemark waiting for the 2 p.m. showing of Wicked: For Good. It's 2:10 and the trailers are just starting. Sarah's Oil (see below) was still playing when I walked in at 10 till.🤷‍♂️ Thankfully they're not showing Noovie.

#filmsky 📽️
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Cinemark has 22 preview showtimes for Wicked: For Good today. I'm seeing it at 2 p.m. Before revisiting the first one last Friday, I considered a double feature of both films they have today. As of 8:20 a.m., this many people already have tickets to see the entire 5 hours, 13 minutes. 😲

#filmsky 📽️
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#4GuiltyPleasureMovies Hmmm. Not that I feel guilty, per se (😁), but some movies that aren't considered exactly high art that I love would be...
November 16, 2025 at 3:06 AM
By the way, I was actually considering this, but since I went ahead and saw the first one again...😂
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM