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Birthday Month Top 5 – TV Shows I Wish Were Still On

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Just Chuck

Shows I wish were still on

Leverage
The Librarians
Community
Eureka
Lucifer

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Birthday Month Top 5 – TV Shows Currently On

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Just Chuck

These are my Top 5 (ok 6) TV how’s that are currently on.

Masked Singer – I despise the guest panel but the singing and costumes and mystery are great. I’ve guessed at least 2, maybe 3 right off the bat.
Holey Moley- I think it’s returning. Rob Riggle is just hilarious. And how can you not go wrong with a golf hole call Uranus. Jokes aplenty.
The Goldbergs – already mentioned, hilarious
LEGO Masters – one day it would be cool to be a LEGO master
Ghosts – My new favorited comedy. As good as the Goldbergs, I hope its on for awhile
Quantum Leap – like the original, it is great, I hope it’s on for awhile

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Birthday Month Top 5 – TV Shows of All Time

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Just Chuck

These are my top 5 favorite TV shows of All Time. This was tough, I could go Top 10 easily. Growing up, except for Saturday morning cartoons and after school shows ( Ultraman and Batman in syndication), we didn’t watch TV. In fact, my TV consumption didn’t really start until I was well into adulthood. We just didn’t watch TV. We played outside… a lot.

The Partridge Family – I loved this show
Batman 1966 – need I say more
The X Files – watched religiously when it was on
Quantum Leap (the old version) watched every episode religiously
The Goldbergs (still on, makes me laugh uncontrollably at times)

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Birthday Month Top 5 – Comedians

Posted on October 9, 2022 by Just Chuck

These are 5 comedians that I’ve enjoyed over the years and recently.

Eddie Murphy – “and GI Joe got stuck…”
Cheech & Chong – Up in Smoke, that’s where I wanna be…
Jerry Lewis – Original The Nutty Professor movie is one of the best
The Three Stooges – Hyuck Huck Hyuck, OH! a wise guy!
Robin Williams – zany off the cuff crazy improv genius

Growing up I loved Jerry Lewis. All those movies with Dean Martin and then the Nutty Professor. I wanted to be Buddy Love. I miss the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day Telethons. I love the Three Stooges. I can still spend hours watching the classic Moe, Larry and Curly lineup. As I got older there was George Carlin (which we had to secretly listen to because of the language), Richard Pryor and then came Cheech & Chong. I didn’t completely understand the drug related humor initially (until later) but the rest of their skits had us repeating them at school. What can you say about Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live (Gumby, Buckwheat) and his first special Delirious. Still hilarious today, The guy is a genius. And then there is Robin Williams. Mork is where we got introduced to him but like Eddie Murphy, anything he touched was gold.

Extra mention – Jeff Dunham and Dave Chapelle.

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Birthday Month Top 5 – Actors – Female

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Just Chuck

These are my Top 5 female actors and some movies associated with them.

Drew Barrymore (Wedding Singer, Charlie’ Angels and more)
Charlize Theron (The Old Guard, Atomic blonde)
Scarlett Johansson (Avengers, Black Widow, Lucy, Ghost World)
Viola Davis (Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, How to get away with Murder)
Natalie Portman (Thor, Star Wars)

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Birthday Month Top 5 – Actors – Male

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Just Chuck

My Top 5 favorite Actors and the names of some of my favorite characters they played.

Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool, Green Lantern, Mr. D)
Kurt Russell (Snake Plissken, Captain Ron, Elvis)
Tom Cruise – yes he does great movies (Ethan Hunt, Maverick)
Tom Hanks (Bosom Buddies, Forrest Gump, Woody)
Michael Keaton (I’m Batman, Beetlejuice, the Vulture)

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Birthday Month Top 5 – Movies

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Just Chuck

MY TOP 5 MOVIES (ok 11 cause it was tough to pick just 5)

Predator (the first one with Arnold)
The Thing (with Kurt Russell)
Nacho Libre
Sandlot (on par with Field of Dreams for best baseball movie)
Josie and the Pussycats (love the movie and the soundtrack)
Grease (seriously I really like this movie)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original)
The Nutty Professor (with Jerry Lewis)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (Let’s do the Time Warp back to 1979)
Dazed and Confused (this was us growing up in Killeen TX)
That Thing You Do (love the movie and the soundtrack)

Honorable mention (Heavy Metal, Yesterday, Up in Smoke, Pretty much any Elvis movie)

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Birthday Month Top 5 – Guitarists

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Just Chuck

These are my Top 5 Guitarist. Oh there are more I enjoy, Angus Young of AC/DC, Gleen Tipton and K.K. Downing from Judas Priest, Brian May from Queen, but these Top 5 had some amount of influence on me.