we are watching a show called Lovejoy where a very young ian mcshane plays an antiques dealer in rural england, rather an unscrupulous antiques dealer, also a bit of a playboy, who solves antiquarian-themed mysteries. fantastic stuff
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Oh also, it's got a *comparatively* very young Ian McShane in it: man was born in 1942 so was 44 when the first series came out in 1986, playing younger. He's 83 or so nowadays.
man i need to hang out with more antiques dealers. i used to have two great friends who were both antiques dealers and then they both only went and died. i love hearing about cool old stuff and listening to them explain like how they can tell its a rather clever forgery
the only thing i don't like about this show is it obviously has a lot of scenes of auctions and auction scenes make me SO nervous! i've never been to one in real life and i will never go, i'd have a heart attack
i REALLY don't like it when there are multiple people who want the same thing and it might make one of them upset in public if they don't get it, it gives me secondhand fear and embarrassment and it's just horribly tacky to talk about money at all, i have to hide behind the couch
Omg I have never heard that ick factor put so succinctly. Hahaha this is the thing, exactly! Once, though, I went to an Amish auction and it was hilarious and wholesome and there were baked goods for sale around the perimeter. Yeah buddy.
In addition, that same fear occurs for me at my kid's soccer games. What if one team wins but they both want to win?! Somebody will lose and be upset! Yipe!
Midwestern sports parents get very unnerved by me and my cheering for everyone. It is NOT DONE. Same for showchoir competitions. They get MAD.
My grandparents were antiques dealers and I spent a summer working shows with them, doing grunt work for them and the other sellers. I was unfortunately too young and stupid to understand how cool this experience was at the time
that kicks ass. i sometimes used to tag along with my friend jim, his thing was mainly books but anything paper really, prints and maps too. sure ran into some real weirdos
If you haven’t watched “Deadwood”, I need you find and watch it immediately. If you need me to get it to you “through methods” I will. B/c McShane as Al Swearengen is a performance that is…. indescribable.
I rewatch this scene on YT at least once a month. People lump his character in with Tony Soprano as a likeable anti-hero when imo he's a sincere protagonist (among several).
I find “Deadwood” and “Breaking Bad” to be diametrically opposed shows. Al starts out completely evil and somehow becomes more and more humane and kind as the show progresses and Walt goes the other way.
Which is why I can rewatch “Deadwood” over & over and have never revisited “Breaking Bad”.
Mainly, Deadwood is about something. It has something real to say about people and community (and Al is sincerely interested in community). Breaking Bad is very, very empty, a rollercoaster of suspense that has nothing interesting to dissect upon rewatch when you know what happens.
delightful. don't look up eric's current headshot. a core show in the formation of my personality. we need more shows about someone with a random profession who also solves mysteries, it's underserved
Ahh my childhood Sundays makes a good double bill with either to the manor born or the darling buds of may. You may also like Pie in the Sky in which a police detective is blackmailed into staying on part time despite trying to retire to run a gourmet pie restaurant.
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Phyllis Logan (pre-Downton Abbey), Dudley Sutton and Chris Jury are a pretty good cast.
Midwestern sports parents get very unnerved by me and my cheering for everyone. It is NOT DONE. Same for showchoir competitions. They get MAD.
Which is why I can rewatch “Deadwood” over & over and have never revisited “Breaking Bad”.
cable I remember Lovejoy was
frequently on A&E, back in the days when A&E actually meant Arts and Entertainment.