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    May 21st, 2013, 09:19 AM
    mcguinnfan replied to a thread Woah! in All About YCDTOTV
    That's fair; I definitely don't want to be in a situation where you're "defending" him, I'm "attacking" him, etc.; nor would I want to provide a long...
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    May 21st, 2013, 07:28 AM
    mcguinnfan replied to a thread Woah! in All About YCDTOTV
    Possibly. He seems to have a similarly "reliable" memory for all sorts of details that make him look "better" in retrospect but which clearly aren't...
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    May 20th, 2013, 09:17 PM
    mcguinnfan replied to a thread Woah! in All About YCDTOTV
    I would add as a postscript, it must have been a mighty strange contract that compelled Nickelodeon to stop showing the 1981 episodes in 1987 but...
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    May 20th, 2013, 08:38 PM
    mcguinnfan replied to a thread Woah! in All About YCDTOTV
    Thanks for the response, Gypsies, and it's definitely worth considering Geoff Darby's own words on the subject...though I don't think taking them as...
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    May 19th, 2013, 11:18 PM
    mcguinnfan replied to a thread Woah! in All About YCDTOTV
    It's an interesting point, as we talk about whether Nickelodeon got "older" or "younger." I suppose that a case can be made on both sides...but the...
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    May 19th, 2013, 05:17 PM
    mcguinnfan replied to a thread Woah! in All About YCDTOTV
    Or what about the "opposites" sketch in Popularity? They're motoring along with their list, Christine giving words and Lisa giving opposites, and...
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    May 18th, 2013, 07:11 PM
    mcguinnfan replied to a thread "One-episode wonders" in All About YCDTOTV
    I think I heard somewhere (can't remember where) that she's a writer now.
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    May 17th, 2013, 04:07 AM
    mcguinnfan replied to a thread The Tomorrow People gets reboot on The CW in All About YCDTOTV
    I trust just about anyone more than Nickelodeon on just about anything...but I don't share your faith in the CW, or in modern production "values" as...
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    May 17th, 2013, 04:00 AM
    mcguinnfan replied to a thread "One-episode wonders" in All About YCDTOTV
    I don't want it to come back either. We're totally agreed on that. What I mean is that if the show aired today, brand new, it would have to be a...
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    May 16th, 2013, 06:34 PM
    mcguinnfan replied to a thread The Tomorrow People gets reboot on The CW in All About YCDTOTV
    I share the trepidation expressed by both Ric and Gypsies, though I don't have the same attachment to the original. Hopefully we will be surprised....
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    May 16th, 2013, 06:29 PM
    mcguinnfan replied to a thread YCDTOTV 1979 Missing Episodes Titles in All About YCDTOTV
    The title of one of Miles Davis's latter-day compositions springs to mind: "Call It Anything." Can't wait to see them!
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    May 16th, 2013, 02:45 AM
    mcguinnfan replied to a thread "One-episode wonders" in All About YCDTOTV
    Well, it suits every generation to think that their predecessors were benighted, and that their successors are soft. I suppose we're no different....
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    May 13th, 2013, 01:41 PM
    mcguinnfan replied to a thread "One-episode wonders" in All About YCDTOTV
    I've always been on the opposite side of that question, although I can see your points, because there is a certain type of sensibility (and...
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    May 11th, 2013, 05:26 AM
    mcguinnfan replied to a thread "One-episode wonders" in All About YCDTOTV
    I've never had too big a problem with Politics myself, though I know it makes a lot of "worst-of" lists. Like nearly all the episodes geared...
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    May 10th, 2013, 09:47 PM
    mcguinnfan replied to a thread "One-episode wonders" in All About YCDTOTV
    Okay, it falls to me to defend Natalie Salat again. As I see it, there are three mitigating points in her favor: 1. Rules and Regulations is a...
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