But how can it beat the Alec Guinness version of TTSS and Smiley’s People, which I own and watch every few years? Maybe better for the reduced-attention-span set.
I love the BBC mini series.
The problem is that the plot is so intricate that how can you distill it down to 2 hours?
However, I’ll probably go see it.
In the early nineties you could still count on PBS and A&E to provide you with witty television. Something has gone wrong. Well, went wrong a long time ago. People were put in positions of power both here and across the pond who are dunces. (It only just occurred to me why. It’s the baleful influence of Murdoch.
I can’t admire, but I have noticed the ingenuity of spinmeisters who distort every reasonable thing a liberal has to say into an assualt on motherhood, Mom, and apple pie. Honest to God, I’m starting to feel how sane Germans must have felt in 1933.
BURR DEMING • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Thank you for this, nojo. He was a wonderful talent and, by all accounts, a wonderful human…
NOJO • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Oh, and there’s a Catholic church across the street. Maybe I can do a little dance for them!
NOJO • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Now that I’m in NYC, plenty of pigeons to poison in his honor.
NOJO • All the Vice President's Men 2025 update: Nothing happened. And here we are!
MANCHUCANDIDATE • Weeping Angel Imagine going from hope to Fascism in less than two decades enabled by greedy ass (millionaire)…
NOJO • Nightmare at the Museum From the last time he threatened to bomb Iran, 2020. Remember that one? All a misty blur now.
NOJO • TRUMP TARIFFS UNLEASHING FURY OF CANADIANS - AND THEIR LEGENDARY SNIPERS! @ManchuCandidate: I have birthright citizenship in Cascadia, so I think I’m good.
MANCHUCANDIDATE • TRUMP TARIFFS UNLEASHING FURY OF CANADIANS - AND THEIR LEGENDARY SNIPERS! @nojo: Only the sane parts... like the West coast, New England (minus the Bruins and…
NOJO • TRUMP TARIFFS UNLEASHING FURY OF CANADIANS - AND THEIR LEGENDARY SNIPERS! @ManchuCandidate: So, can you guys annex us now?
MANCHUCANDIDATE • TRUMP TARIFFS UNLEASHING FURY OF CANADIANS - AND THEIR LEGENDARY SNIPERS! PP is done. 51st state, my ass.