Tag Archives: comedy

I Think I’m Slowly Turning into Archie Bunker

Posted on January 23, 2026 by cdsmiller17

All in the Family (1971 – 1979) At the moment, the CHCH reruns are featuring 1975 of this program. We’ve been through three episodes of Archie going missing (while Carrol O’Connor had a contract dispute with Norman Lear), we saw … Continue reading →

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How to Spend a Week Binge Watching a TV Show

Posted on January 5, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Younger (2015 – 2021) My wife insisted. I’m not sure what the appeal is, because it’s a world that we hardly are aware of: book publishing. Culturally, it speaks to the rarified air of New York society, in much the … Continue reading →

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Baby “Jesus” Gets to Experience a Modern Christmas

Posted on December 14, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Man vs Baby (2025) The premise is preposterous, but this Netflix series of 4 episodes is fun. Rowen Atkinson has evolved his Mr. Bean persona into a more mature, thoughtful individual, named Trevor Bingley. After the chaos of Man vs. Bee, … Continue reading →

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This Seems Like It was Made for Us

Posted on June 13, 2025 by cdsmiller17

No Good Deed (2024) We are trying to sell our house for the second time in two years. We didn’t get much traffic the first time around. It’s going better this time. This series seems to provide a laugh or … Continue reading →

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Two Classic Disturbers of Sh*te born the Mid-1930’s

Posted on June 10, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Dave Allen (July 6, 1936 – March 10, 2005) I used to watch Dave Allen on Canadian television, long before I moved to England in 1985. He was famous for being an Irish Roman Catholic who wasn’t afraid to make … Continue reading →

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We’re Not Supposed to Mock the Dead…

Posted on March 23, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Ghosts (2021 – Present) We are almost through binge-watching the first season of Ghosts (the CBS version). I’ll bet that the BBC version is funnier, but this one has enough laughs to keep us amused. The following preview is from … Continue reading →

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When Artificial Intelligence Goes Wrong

Posted on August 8, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Voice Assistants and Accents At our Civic Holiday family gettogether, yesterday, Susan’s cousin, Ann, was sharing with us her frustration when trying to change her name on her Aeroplan account by telephone. In a nutshell, the automated voice prompts wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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You Wouldn’t Think He was a Shy Man

Posted on April 17, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Charlie Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) Charlie Chaplin was always an enigma to regular folks. Sure, he could be like every man (the Tramp) and he could even lampoon Hitler (“The Great Dictator”), but the little insecurities … Continue reading →

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Hercule Poirot, He is Not, but It’s Still Fun

Posted on December 30, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Glass Onion (2022) About an hour in, I wonder if this was a “Ten Little Indians/And Then There Were None” remake, but I was wrong. It’s much more fun than that. Glass Onion is the second film in this newly … Continue reading →

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Humour

Posted on May 14, 2019 by cdsmiller17

As Personal as the Taste of Beer My wife and I have a difference of opinion: I think I’m funny, and she doesn’t. Her crew like slapstick comedy, I like biting wit. That equates to sweet and bitter: lager vs … Continue reading →

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