In April we said Smell Ya Later to NBC’s Quantum Leap (just awful!!), Run the Burbs on The CW/CBC; CSI: Vegas and NCIS: Hawai’i (can’t tell the difference). Clearly we didn’t watch em.. Here are the hits and blockbusters we enjoyed in April 2024. Some TV highlights that are #CouchWorthy. Maybe you missed em or…
Author: Sammy Younan
Morning Tea: May Day…s
What’s popping in popular culture? My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan steeps some seriously serious tea which prompts reflections.
287 | Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb (Butterfly in the Sky: The Story of Reading Rainbow)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to directors Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb about their Reading Rainbow doc Butterfly In The Sky.
#SetTheVCR: April 29-May 05, 2024
From Unfrosted Pop Tarts to Live Comedy this week’s TV recommendations are all raw. But that’s what makes #SetTheVCR so fun, right?
#SetTheVCR: April 22-28, 2024
From a White House visit to Bon Jovi’s big hair these TV recommendations are a big deal. Of course you know it: it’s #SetTheVCR.
285 | Shawn Farquhar & Jon Ornoy (Lost in the Shuffle)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to magician Shawn Farquhar & director Jon Ornoy about their playing card doc Lost in the Shuffle. (Yo: “Hidden in the cards are the clues to an unsolved 500-year-old murder case.”)
#SetTheVCR: April 15-21, 2024
A Late Night with the Devil wearing Argylle: it’s more than just fashionable TV recommendations. It’s #SetTheVCR.
Morning Tea: Dan Rather Is Back On TV: #SetTheVCR
Trail By Trailer is judging a book by its cover or in this case…a movie by its trailer. Are you 100% IN or is it a Hard Pass?
284 | Yourgo Artsitas (TR(ol)L: New Kids on the Block, TRL & the Chain Letter)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Yourgo Artsitas about his Hot Docs documentary: TR(ol)L: New Kids on the Block, Total Request Live and the Chain Letter that Changed the Internet.
#SetTheVCR: April 08-14, 2024
From Silent Night to Night Swim, this week’s TV Recommendations are Crazy Good. Still, there’s bound be be some Fallout in this week’s #SetTheVCR.