STAY AT HOME ENTERTAINMENT

While Elaine and I are hibernating, we get to watch lots of movies and TV shows, such as:

01. Murder She Wrote starring Angela Lansbury .. 12 seasons beginning in 1984.  We have access to 7 of those seasons and Elaine knows each show's dialogue by heart.

The show "begs the question" ..  How come Jessica Fletcher is involved with so many murders?  Is she an "evil magnet?

(BTW .. many years ago I attended a Toastmaster Organization meeting to see if it could cure my stage fright.  The Table Topics Chair asked me to stand and tell the group everything about the phrase "begging the question."

Extremely embarrassed, I shakily mumbled that I did not know what it meant and collapsed back in my seat.  To avoid future humiliation, I did not attend another meeting for two years.)

02. 1883 starring Sam Elliott who tries to shepherd a group of immigrants from Texas to Oregon even though none of them has survival skills.

There is a lot of murder and mayhem, but there is also romance and humanity.  As of today, they are still on the trail with snowy mountains ahead of them.  The series is scheduled to end on February 28, 2022.  

If you like excitement, check this series out before it finishes.

03. Royal Pains featuring Mark Feuerstein as a wrongly disgraced Doctor who opens a business in the New York Hamptons to provide home medical visitation. The show is billed as a comedy, but there is lots of drama and romance.

If you don't get nauseous from watching very real-looking medical procedures, then this show is for you.

There were 8 seasons beginning in 2009.  We watched and enjoyed them all.

04.  Judge Judy starring Judy Sheindlin. We watch her new show, where her yelling, scoffing and belittling of defendants is downplayed.  I like this new version of Judy much better than the old.

Litigants are flown in from all over the United States and paid a varied amount of TV appearance fees and a small "per diem."

I suspect that litigants are picked whose presence makes viewers feel superior.

05.  Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye starring hearing-impaired actress Deann Bray as an important FBI employee whose lip-reading ability helps to solve tough cases.

The show lasted three seasons starting in 2002.  We watched all episodes and wished for more.  It was interesting seeing and relating the sign language version to the spoken English.

I've bored you enough for today.  A dios!

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