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serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on October 27, 2013, 08:37:59 pm ---They called her Biddie, which must have been a nickname, maybe for Bridget, because nobody is named Biddie. And the actress was Susan Tolsky, and God help me I've never forgotten her or the character because she had a voice that I found weird and annoying but obviously unforgettable! ;D
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Yes! Thank you. I knew it was something kind of cutesy and insulting. Chatty? Blabby?
Oh, and by the way, one thing I've forgotten to mention in this discussion is that at some point a few years back my brother mentioned that he always found Candy hot. So the show really offered something for everyone!
--- Quote --- I've never seen Justified
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Well, I highly recommend you give it a try. It's one of my favorite shows that's not on AMC or HBO. You may not be as into Southern redneck drama as I am -- the setting and culture might be described as a lighter Wintersbone. But it's also based on Elmore Leonard's writing, and maintains his signature tone of tension mixed with nonchalant humor.
Timothy Olyphant is great in it as a not-by-the-books U.S. marshall, and there are several other good characters, especially his longtime frenemy the erstwhile white supremacist born-again preacher small-time criminal Boyd Crowder.
You might start by watching a past season on Netflix or something (it's not on at the moment, anyway). The seasons each tell one overarching story, so the episodes are connected, but each season can stand alone. Season 3, the one with Margot Martindale, is my favorite.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on October 28, 2013, 09:19:58 am ---Oh, and by the way, one thing I've forgotten to mention in this discussion is that at some point a few years back my brother mentioned that he always found Candy hot. So the show really offered something for everyone!
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Odd as it may seem (and in retrospect it sure seems odd to me!), you could say I had a crush on Bridget Hanley (Candy Pruitt), too. But then it seems I've always had a "thing" for red-haired women, starting with Patricia Blair as Rebecca Boone on Daniel Boone. ???
Justified has merited a lot of coverage in TV Guide since it first debuted. I've read all the coverage, so, again, odd as it may seem, there really wasn't anything in your description that I really wasn't already aware of. That's how I know about Margot Martindale, from reading about the show in TV Guide. I guess Justified made her into another one of those overnight sensations who's actually been around for years in anonymous/supporting character roles. I ought to check her filmography at IMDb.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Luvlylittlewing on October 27, 2013, 10:45:20 pm ---Thank goodness we still see Britcoms here on more than one PBS channel. "Keeping up Appearances," "As Time Goes By" and "Waiting for God" are a few of my favorites.
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I really miss As Time Goes By, too. It was funny and yet still very sweet, so different from American "insult comedy."
Jeff Wrangler:
OK, I do tend to get obsessed about these things. ...
In the link below is a very brief mention of what I vaguely remembered about a possible basis in history for Here Come the Brides. I intend to do some more research, but supposedly--at least, according to the National Park Service, a man named Asa Mercer, apparently the first president of the Washington Territorial University, brought a group of 11 marriageable young women to Seattle in 1864, and another group of 34 in 1866. They are known as "the Mercer Girls."
http://www.nps.gov/klse/historyculture/index.htm
Edit to Add:
OK, once I knew what to Google, that didn't take long. Here's the Wikipedia article on the Mercer Girls.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Girls
Further Edit to Add:
Here's the Wikipedia article on Asa Shinn Mercer. And note where he ended up: Hyattville, Wyoming!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Shinn_Mercer
Luvlylittlewing:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on October 28, 2013, 10:08:11 am ---I really miss As Time Goes By, too. It was funny and yet still very sweet, so different from American "insult comedy."
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Exactly, and there are no dumb characters, although I think American comedy writers are getting away from dumb characters like Rose on "Golden Girls." But the couple in "As Time Goes By" seem a bit stand-offish to me. Or am I judging them by American standards or just my own? Or perhaps they're too old? Or is this off topic? ;D
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