Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Christmas Watch: It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
PODCAST 174: "The Apartment" (1960) - Christmas 2021 w/ Maxwell and Ryan
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Christmas Comedy Watch: A Clüsterfünke Christmas (2021)
Christmas Watch Party: The Tree That Saved Christmas (2014)
Saturday, December 11, 2021
Sorta Holiday Watch: The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
PODCAST: "Die Hard" (1988) & "Die Hard 2" (1990) - Christmas 2021 w/ SimonUK and Ryan
Saturday, December 4, 2021
Watch Party Christmas Watch: The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Friday, December 3, 2021
WATCH PARTY FRIDAY - a Christmas Surprise!
oh, boy! It's (insert movie name here)! |
Thursday, December 2, 2021
PODCAST 172: "Scrooged" (1988) - Christmas 2021 w/ MRSHL & Ryan
Monday, November 29, 2021
Signal Watch Christmas Music Playlist
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Holiday Watch: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Friday, November 26, 2021
Holiday Regret/ Rifftrax Watch: The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
I like how you can see Harrison Ford thinking about literally anything but where he is in this moment |
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Happy Thanksgiving
I know that Thanksgiving is not always ideal. May you have as good a day as possible, and if you can, spend it with your squad, no matter what that looks like. Lord knows, ain't none of us perfect.
Take a beat and be grateful for what you've got. Maybe this isn't the year where it's a lot, and that's okay. Maybe next year. The holidays can be tough.
Wishing you the best.
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
PODCAST 171: "Jingle All The Way" (1996) - Christmas 2021 w/ Stuart and Ryan
Thanksgiving - to the tune of "Africa" by Toto
Thanksgiving (to the tune of "Africa" by Toto)
I hear the drumsticks calling me to biiite /
in between the whispers of some racist conversaaaation /
I show up tired from the flight /
Scents compose a symphony of promised masticaaation /
I saw my uncle nine sheets to the wind /
braced myself for Trump quotes and his new conspiracy theeeory /
Mom turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, there's gravy there for youuuu" /
Gonna smile and nod and then preteeend to praaay /
Gonna gain a hundred pounds and chug some Caberneeet /
It's Thanksgiving not in Aaafrica /
Gonna drink a lot and pass the yams and humor Daaaaad
Hallmark Christmas Watch: Christmas Together With You (2021)
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Christmas Watch Parties! - Every Week - a Gift to Unwrap!
When:
- December 3
- December 10
- December 17
How:
- Amazon Streaming
- Posts will be up by Tuesday each week at http://signal-watch.com or you can check up at the "Watch Party" tab at the top of that page to sort it out and review info about Watch Parties
- We will let you know if the movie will cost anything by Tuesday the week of the screening
- Be festive!
Texas DPS has no time for your jolliness |
Sunday, October 31, 2021
Happy Halloween 2021
May the Queen of Halloween bid you an Excellent All Hallows Eve |
Well, 2021 is in the books at our house. And we had a good one.
Halloween sort of starts for me now in July as I start working on podcasts and actual Halloween night is pretty chill. But we did 5 episodes of Podcast, five Watch Parties and I watched a bucket ton of Halloween/ horror stuff this year.
Elvira would want you to trick or treat |
Happy Halloween, every buddy!
I do love the spooky season, and I hope you do, too. Movies, candy, stories, ghosts and witches - it's all good stuff. Gimme the staples of Halloween any day. Well, specifically, October 31 and the days before.
I hope your Halloween is full of fun, however you do it! There is nothing wrong with ignoring it all and watching some sports, but there's also nothing wrong with a party and costumes, or tricks and treats.
At our house, Halloween started when my mom (The Karebear) would tell us to get the Scotch Tape and cardboard decorations out a few weeks ahead of the big day, and we'd tape stuff up on windows and in the kitchen. Cats, ghosts, draculas and whatnot. Throw in some Great Pumpkin and other TV specials, and then it was time to figure out a costume. And at least two of mine were hand-made by mom and grandma (I had a full-body ET costume that nearly killed me in the Houston humidity).
This year, we're sitting on our porch and shooting candy down 5' PVC tubes into buckets to keep the kids and ourselves entertained. Costumes look doubtful, but you never know.
Anyway - have a great day and night! May it be SPOOKTACULAR!!!
Sunday, July 4, 2021
Fourth of July
July 4, 1776 is the date that the Second Continental Congress voted to adopt the Declaration of Independence. A vote had been held on July 2, 1776 to agree to seek independence from Britain in the form of the Lee Resolution. However, a formal Declaration of Independence did not appear until July 4th.
Perhaps the date we observe has as much to do with the stirring text of the Declaration as anything - and it is the formal document eventually signed by most of the delegates to the Congress.
While not a document which laid down the manner in which the government would be run, which would not arrive for over a decade in the form of the Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Independence does lay down the moral reasoning for our separation from England. The Preamble, often memorized by school children over the years, and familiar to most Americans, formed the ethos of America as a state which required the consent of the governed, and that the government would serve the needs of the people. But also that government not be changed on a whim - but when the government no longer responded to the needs of the governed.