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Category: Girth Radio Blog

PantsWorthy: TIFF 2019

Posted on September 6, 2019March 21, 2024 By Sammy Younan
PantsWorthy: TIFF 2019

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

One of the more puzzling aspects of a film festival—most film festivals—is that the present project is what gets celebrated. The present is the focus. Kevin Smith got Clerks into Sundance which is a great accomplishment. However the present only creates potential. It is the follow up…that matters: the relationship with the festival and now the relationship with the audience grows out of that potential. In music one hit wonders are fine and fun they do not in any way shape or form suggest a career or a body of work.

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Pantsworthy: Hot Docs – May 5, 2019

Posted on May 5, 2019 By Sammy Younan

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

Final Day of the 2019 Hot Docs festival. What did you see? What did you unlearn? Today ‘s offering two portraits of mental health and…I dunno maybe the suggestion doggies are good for your mental health? One last time…Here we go!

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Pantsworthy: Hot Docs – May 4, 2019

Posted on May 4, 2019 By Sammy Younan

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

Day 10 of the 2019 Hot Docs festival. Today’s Pantsworthy recommendations has lots of jerks! From the NFL to assholes to the Pickup Game to those who oppose sanitation? Yup. Jerks! Here we go!

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Pantsworthy: Hot Docs – May 3, 2019

Posted on May 3, 2019 By Sammy Younan

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

Day 9 of the 2019 Hot Docs festival. Today we get profiles of 2 cool people and 1 type of person who thinks they are cool. Here we go!

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Pantsworthy: Hot Docs – May 2, 2019

Posted on May 2, 2019 By Sammy Younan

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

Day 8 of the 2019 Hot Docs festival. Today’s documentaries cover culture from the NFL to gun culture to pop culture. Here we go!

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Pantsworthy: Hot Docs – May 1, 2019

Posted on May 1, 2019 By Sammy Younan

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

Day 7 of the 2019 Hot Docs festival. Today we get profiles of 2 cool people and 1  type of person who thinks they are cool. Here we go!

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Pantsworthy: Hot Docs – April 30, 2019

Posted on April 30, 2019 By Sammy Younan

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

Day 5 of the 2019 Hot Docs festival. How are you holding up? The following are Pantsworthy documentaries from corporate coups to selling lies. We got dogs to people who treat other people like dogs. Here we go!

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Hot Docs: Assholes: A Theory

Posted on April 24, 2019 By Sammy Younan
Hot Docs: Assholes: A Theory

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

Watching Assholes: A Theory I thought about Kanye West.

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Trailer Alert: ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke

Posted on February 3, 2019March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Trailer Alert: ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

Back in October Netflix quietly released ReMastered a music documentary series focusing on seminal musical moments: basically it was their 30 for 30 but instead of sports it was music.

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Girth Radio Next Steps Pitch

Posted on January 9, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan

So I dunno what to do now. Met with the new owner of Pacific Junction Hotel or whatever it’ll be called now. She wants to convert the upstairs…the back of the bar into fine dining. Tablecloths. Err…I dunno that’s more King WEST than East, you know? When I pointed out George Brown is literally around…

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    by Sammy Younan
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  • #SetTheVCR: May 05-11, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Even with your Poker Face I can tell you’re seeking TV Recommendations for your Safe House. No worries with this week’s #SetTheVCR I got it in The Black Bag.
  • #SetTheVCR: April 28 – May 04, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    April showers bring May TV listings: these TV recommendations cover all Four Seasons. It’s #SetTheVCR where I put the On in Conan.
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    by Sammy Younan
    TV Recommendations can be Havoc; You need help. Well Babygirl: I got you; it's your TV Companion: #SetTheVCR.
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    by Sammy Younan
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    by Sammy Younan
    For this week's TV Recommendations we stare into The Abyss and a Black Mirror stares back. Welcome to #SetTheVCR which is about as comfortable and as cool as Morningside.
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    by Sammy Younan
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