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Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 74th episode of "VideoFuzzy," reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 2,900 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "The Psychic is Always Right," I talk about Amber Tamblyn, Jeremy Renner and Harold Perrineau in Noah Hawley's comic cop drama "The Unusuals." In my Cross Connections, I highlight Bailey Chase as a Golden Thread, recent Joss Whedon revelations, and Jessica Walter in Fond Reflections. And in What I've Been Watching, productions aired over the course of Black History Month portray centuries of African American lives, including "Roots," "The Color Purple," "Hoodlum," "Judas and the Black Messiah" and "The Trial of the Chicago 7." In my Classic Collection (VHS-to-DVD), I have cataloged through disc 1,125. Comments on nonbinary representation in a 2009 episode of "Bones," as well as "Desperate Housewives," "Chuck," "Reaper," "Moulin Rouge!" the first season finale of "Ashes to Ashes," the single "Tea

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 73rd episode of "VideoFuzzy," reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 2,900 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Six Seasons and a Movie," commentary on the most of six seasons of "Community" as rebroadcast on IFC that I've archived and cataloged in my current collection. In my Cross Connections, I highlight Patricia Belcher as a Golden Thread, and Christopher Plummer in Fond Reflections. I add a Crossover segment that highlights actor Kevin Corrigan's appearance in both my classic and current collections, and a noteworthy career arc twist. Also, some followup comments on the second season finale of "Damages." In my Classic Collection (VHS-to-DVD), I have cataloged through disc 1,100. I talk about the PBS pledge drive presentation of "Celtic Thunder," a video for Max Tundra's "Will Get Fooled Again," comments on "The Unusuals," "Harper's Island," "Breaking Bad" and "South Park," along with the series fina

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 72nd episode of "VideoFuzzy," reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 2,900 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Insolent Prelate," commentary on the first few episodes of "Castle" -- taken together with current events -- sparks a deeper dive into the 1964 epic film "Becket." In my Cross Connections, I highlight Betty White as a Golden Thread, and Cloris Leachman in Fond Reflections. In my Classic Collection (VHS-to-DVD), I talk about "Breaking Bad," "Battlestar Galactica," "Kings," "Cupid" and "Better Off Ted," with additional comments on "South Park," "The Simpsons" and the second season finale of "Damages." I also recently uncovered copies of my TV columns from the Minot Daily News, and noted that with this set, I'm cataloging the set of VHS transfers I was recording when I started my "TV is the New Reading" podcast. Fun! In my Current Collection (digital recordings), I talk about the 1/6 attacks on th

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 71st episode of "VideoFuzzy," reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 2,900 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Lady in Red," I pulled up the pilot episode of "Ashes to Ashes" for my Friday Night Feature, checking Cross Connections with Philip Glenister, Keely Hawes, John Goodman, David Spade, Denis Leary, Josh Gad and Golden Thread Fay Masterson. In my Classic Collection (VHS-to-DVD), I talk about "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart's 2009 knockdown drag-out "Brawl Street" interview with "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer over media contributions to the 2008 recession. Quite informative. Also, President Obama's 2009 address to the joint session of Congress, "The West Wing," the Pip-centered "Great Expectations" episode of "South Park" and the PBS special "100 Years of Victor Borge." In my Current Collection (direct to DVD), I'm very much enjoying my Hulu subscription ["Cougar Town," "Devs," "Letterkenny" and "Ar

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 70th episode of "VideoFuzzy," reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 2,900 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Crossroads," I hope everyone had a great "Stay Inside"-oween and "Wash Your Hands"-giving, and wish everyone a Merry "Six-Feet Aparts"-mas, and eight magical days of "Mask Up." Working together, we will get through this. ❤ In Old Business, a few followup comments on Jeffrey Dean Morgan's appearance on "Grey's Anatomy," and I was able to complete a couple of partial recordings of "Monk" and "Twilight Zone" episodes I've known about in my classic collection. In my Friday Night Feature, I celebrate the appearance of the pilot episode of Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse" in my media collection, and I talk about my love for the show, the introduction to the concept and its vast, unfulfilled potential. In Cross Connections, I trace "Dollhouse" and Eliza Dushku in my "Studio Six Feet Under" challenge, and Ber

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 69th episode of "VideoFuzzy," reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 2,900 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Belligerent Optimism," comments on "Grey's Anatomy" segue into overarching themes, and in milestone news, as of this episode I've cataloged Disc 1000 in my Classic Collection! I posted a "throwback Thursday" pic on my VideoFuzzy Facebook page of me and that disc from when I first burned it in April 2009 to when I finally cataloged it last month. Check it out! In Corrections, the release date on the next James Bond, "No Time to Die," has been pushed to next year sometime. Also, I admit to cultural appropriation at times in this production, slipping into voice and characters in my podcast, impressions and other instances. I try to limit the inappropriateness of these instances, but I am aware of them, and if something sounds wrong, please contact me. I'm always trying to do better. In Old Busines

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 68th episode of "VideoFuzzy," reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 2,900 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Pretty Good Year," I took some time to do some home improvements, cleanup and reorganization around here and the impact this had on my cataloging efforts, along with a few observations on our social and political landscape. For my Friday Night Feature, I explore a very special fifth-season episode of "Desperate Housewives," celebrating their 100th episode, built around the impact of a good man on his neighbors and his neighborhood. It featured Beau Bridges as handyman Eli Scruggs. In Cross Connections, I trace him as a Golden Thread in my collection. Also, fond reflections on Regis Philbin and Chadwick Boseman. In What I've Been Watching, I took in the North Dakota Shakespeare Festival's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot production of "Hamlet" -- a drive-in production in a parking lot with four pe

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 67th episode of "VideoFuzzy," reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 2,900 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Let's Talk About This," I explore a fourth-season episode of "Criminal Minds" where a serial killer is targeting police officers in Phoenix, Arizona, and thematic implications for our current media and social environment, including authoritarian behavior and police brutality. I trace connections through shows I encounter in this set, including Scott Lowell and Michael O'Neill's appearances in "Leverage," Mary Gross, James Denton and John Larroquette, and then trace a Golden Thread tracking Adam Arkin's appearances in my collection. In my Classic VHS-to-DVD Collection, I talk about "The Simpsons," "Skins," "South Park," "Psych," "Damages" and highlight what struck me as misdelivered lines in "Take This Sabbath Day," a significant first season episode of "The West Wing." Also, revisiting some Old

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 66th episode of "VideoFuzzy," reporting the progress I've made in cataloging nearly 2,900 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Providing Leverage," I was joined by Marc Bailey of the "Grailwolf's Geek Life" podcast via Facebook Rooms in celebrating the three-year anniversary of this podcast with a where-have-they-been conversation about Jossverse actors. First, however, I feature the pilot episode of "Leverage," titled "The Nigerian Job." In Cross Connections, I track Timothy Hutton, Mark Valley, Lily Tomlin, and track Michael O'Neill as a Golden Thread running throughout my media collection. In my Classic VHS-to-DVD Collection, I talk about encountering the series finale of "Boston Legal," along with episodes of "The West Wing," "Eli Stone," "Fringe," a scrap of grid search and election night 2008 featuring John McCain's concession speech and President-Elect Barack Obama's Grant Park address. In my Direct-to-DVD Collecti

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 65th episode of "VideoFuzzy," reporting the progress I've made in cataloging nearly 2,900 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Burying Bones," I open with my thoughts on protests, division and privilege in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. I add a correction from my comments on "Superstore" last time. I then feature the fourth season installment of "Bones," titled "The Skull in the Sculpture" featuring Vicki Lewis of "NewsRadio" as a gallery owner. In Cross Connections, I track Caroline Julian, Whoopi Goldberg, Rich Sommer, Jewel Staite, David Boreanaz and Golden Thread Alan Tudyk. In my Classic VHS-to-DVD Collection, I talk about "The West Wing," "Mad Men" and a "The Daily Show" list from 2008, "John Kerry Ruins Your Favorite Jokes." In VideoFuzzy at the Movies, I watch "The Disaster Artist," "Joker," "Knives Out" and the FX documentary presentation "A.K.A. Jane Roe." In my Direct-to-DVD Collection, I

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 64th episode of "VideoFuzzy," reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Unfluential," I allow as how my recent birthday nudged me out of the prized 18-49 marketing demographic. I congratulate "Project Runway" season 18 winner Geoffrey Mac. In my Friday Night Feature, I feature the series finale of "The Shield." I explore the storytelling throughout that series and the media environment of the late Naughties. In Cross Connections, I retrace some connections for "The Shield," as well as connections through "Will & Grace" and "Motherland: Fort Salem." Also, my discussion of "6 Souls" highlights it as an especially intersectional inclusion in my collection. In my VideoFuzzy at the Movies collection, I comment on cable presentations of "Black Panther," "Thor: Ragnarok," Kenneth Branagh's "Murder on the Orient Express," "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," "6

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 63rd episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Unconventional Means," I discuss the 12th season finale of "Doctor Who" and its expansion of the Doctor's story as well as current and past adventures. Oh, and Jodie Whittaker turned up in character on BBC's Doctor Who Official Twitter @bbcdoctorwho recently with a message for children and fans to help them through the global pandemic, which I thought was super classy, retweeted @tjVideoFuzzy. My Cross Connections explores an FX documentary, "The Most Dangerous Animal of All," on an author whose research into his birth father convinced him he was the son of the Zodiac Killer. In my VHS-to-DVD "Classic Collection," I talked about Lincoln Meyer abducting Shirley Schmidt in a third season episode of "Boston Legal." Also, decent candidate for a feature, Walter Matthau and Inger Stevens in the kinda

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 62nd episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Everybody's Talking About How Bad This Is," I highlight "Masks in the Moonlight," a benefit I attended for the Bismarck Cancer Center, and recommend the cause to anyone able to help. I also discuss musical clips I've put together for past episodes, referencing television theme songs and so forth. With the potential for copyright infringement (none is or has ever been intended in this production), I'll be stepping away from including them in the future. My "Friday Night Feature" highlights a pivotal episode of "Mad Men." In the run-up to the second season finale, Don deals with separation from his family as the ad firm undergoes major developments in his absence. In "What I've Been Watching," Ralph and I attend a community theater production of "Greater Tuna," and the title reference, from the N

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 61st episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Watching Terrible Movies," I open with reflections on the recent passing of Terry Jones, and celebrate some of his iconic work with Monty Python's Flying Circus. In my "Friday Night Feature," I talk about "Fata Morgana," a first-season episode of "Sanctuary" on Syfy, and chat about some of the strengths and weaknesses of the show at this stage of its production. I trace Cross Connections to the show, as well as Terry Jones' work, and appearances by Nicholas Brendan and Marc Vann in "Criminal Minds." In my Classic Collection, I talk about Monty Python sketches I was cataloging as I learned of Jones' passing. Also, David Alan Grier's Comedy Central production "Chocolate News," and some Daily Show and Colbert Report's interstitial tomfoolery called "Who's the Toss?" In my Current Collection, I tal

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 60th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Happy New ... What Year Is This Again?" I open with comments on recent celebrity deaths including Marie Fredriksson, Philip McKeon, Caroll Spinney, and under Cross Connections, a retrospective of René Auberjonois, highlighting his appearances on "Benson" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." I feature the appearance of the series premiere of ABC's "Life on Mars" in my collection, and include an expansive reflection of the connections I draw from that show through my formative media consumption, through "Barney Miller," "The Unusuals" and "Detroit 1-8-7" and potentially "Brooklyn Nine-Nine." In my Classic Collection, I talk about the series premiere of "Sanctuary," a Waco-themed episode of "Criminal Minds," a promo that turned up for the Mouse River Players' production of Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite"

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 59th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. This installment, titled "VideoFuzzy at the Movies: 'Knives Out,'" shifts from my usual cataloging efforts and commentary for a spoiler-free review of "Knives Out," which I have elsewhere described as one of the best movies I have seen in years, possibly ever. "Knives Out" features Christopher Plummer as Harlan Thrombey, 85, prolific author of murder mysteries, his lifeless body discovered early one morning by his maid. The case is initially ruled a suicide, but Daniel Craig as world famous private investigator Benoit Blanc isn't so sure, and a seething pack of would-be heirs -- family, staff and companions -- do little to allay his suspicions! With endless plot twists, questions of who-knew-what-when and constantly shifting alliances -- all set in a museum-piece mansion riddled with secret passages and twistier than a Rub

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 58th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Trips to the Past," I wax nostalgic as music playing at the City Brew takes me back. For my Friday Night Feature, I take a long, hard look at a second-season episode of "Primeval." In Cross Connections, I track "Studio Six Feet Under" connections for "Primeval," including its ties with "The Crown." I track connections from Jessalyn Gilsig from "Nip/Tuck" to "Glee" and "Heroes." Also, Donal Logue from the second season premiere of "Life" takes me to the IMDb credit of friend of the podcast Heather Welliver. In my Classic VHS-to-DVD Collection, I talk about the fifth season premiere of "The Office," Homer gets a PC in a 12th season episode of "The Simpsons," a fifth season episode of "Boston Legal," second season episode of "Mad Men" and the second season premiere of "Chuck." In my direct-to-DVD

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 57th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Cutting that LVAD Wire," I feature Alan Ball's HBO project "True Blood." In Cross Connections, there's no "Studio Six Feet Under" competition on "True Blood," given "Six Feet Under" series creator Alan Ball's direct connection. Rather, I traced connections from a couple significant episodes of "Boston Legal," Kurt Sutter productions "The Shield" and "Sons of Anarchy," "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," "Rescue Me" and "Monk," and I premiere a Golden Thread segment with Dean Norris, tracking his appearances in shows throughout my collection. In my Classic VHS-to-DVD Collection, I found a pivotal episode of "Grey's Anatomy" along with comments on the series finale of "Dead Like Me," the 2006 Amnesty International fundraiser "The Secret Policeman's Ball," the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, t

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 56th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Embrace the Deception," I feature the series premiere of FOX's thought-provoking if wackadoo series "Fringe." In Cross Connections, I pull up "Studio Six Feet Under" connections from "Fringe" and the many guest stars I encountered closing out the final three seasons of "Psych." In my Classic VHS-to-DVD Collection, I found a copy of where a North Dakota family in need got some help from the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" team. I also found episodes of "True Blood," a copy of "Becket" off Turner Classic Movies, and the second season premiere of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." In my direct-to-DVD Current Collection, as well as a disc set and some video streaming, I closed out the dark ages episodes of "Psych" from the sixth through the eighth season, including "Psych: The Musical," wh

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 55th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,800 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "The Art of Failure," I feature the series premiere of Kurt Sutter's FX biker drama "Sons of Anarchy," which I thought got the show off to a good start. In Cross Connections, I pull up "Studio Six Feet Under" connections from a realization that Ally Walker was the actor I misremembered in the third season of "Sons of Anarchy," and ties tracing through my collection from her '90s crime drama "Profiler." Also, I trace connections through HBO documentary "The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not For Sale." And in Old Business, I explore the inclusion of a scene from the pilot episode of Kurt Sutter's FX crime drama "The Shield" in an episode of the third season of Noah Hawley's mindbending production of "Legion." In my Classic VHS-to-DVD Collection, I rave about an HBO documentary that turned up in m