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1979

blind spot series 1979, 2015 blindspot, bernadette peters, blindspot, carl reiner, comedy, jackie mason, steve martin, the jerk

Blindsided by THE JERK

March 31, 2015

A lot of idiocy, a little romance, and the perfect amount of innocence allow certain comedies to endure.

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Ryan McNeil
blind spot series 1979, 2015 blindspot, all that jazz, anne reinking, ben vereen, blindspot, bob fosse, erzsébet földi, jessica lange, john lithgow, leland palmer, musical

Blindsided by ALL THAT JAZZ

February 24, 2015

Hate the artist; love the art.

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Ryan McNeil
visuals 1979, freeze frame, james frawley, the muppet movie

Freeze Frame: THE MUPPET MOVIE

December 10, 2014

Life’s like a movie; write your own ending…

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Ryan McNeil
visuals 1979, alien, freeze frame, ridley scott

Freeze Frame: ALIEN

July 17, 2013

Sometimes life turns on a dime, and what was happening one second becomes a deep contrast one second later.

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Ryan McNeil
blind spot series 1001plus, 1979, 2012 blindspot, big thoughts, dave voigt, eric idle, eternal sunshine, graham chapman, impassioned cinema, jake cole, jandy hardesty, john cleese, michael palin, monty python, public transportation snob, pussy goes grr, terry gilliam, terry jones

Blindsided by MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN

March 27, 2012

The wetwospective continues with a weal womp about the woars of laughter that come from a wigid weligion.

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