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Tag: #SetTheVCR

#SetTheVCR: May 23-29, 2022

Posted on May 23, 2022December 11, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on #SetTheVCR: May 23-29, 2022
#SetTheVCR: May 23-29, 2022

It’s blockbuster week at #SetTheVCR. New Star Wars; New Stranger Things. It’s all happing; so are you in or are you out?

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#SetTheVCR: May 16-22, 2022

Posted on May 16, 2022August 11, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on #SetTheVCR: May 16-22, 2022
#SetTheVCR: May 16-22, 2022

If you dig jokes and comedy and humour with a U in it; boy is this week’s #SetTheVCR “special.”

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#SetTheVCR: May 9-15, 2022

Posted on May 9, 2022September 23, 2024 By Sammy Younan No Comments on #SetTheVCR: May 9-15, 2022
#SetTheVCR: May 9-15, 2022

We got a Time Traveler, a new Matrix that like Batman is Unburied, plus 2 movies from the mid-80s and the return of Kids In The Hall. If you feel Old reading this week’s #SetTheVCR that’s covered as well.

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#SetTheVCR: May 2-8, 2022

Posted on May 2, 2022May 23, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on #SetTheVCR: May 2-8, 2022
#SetTheVCR: May 2-8, 2022

From Star Wars to Star Trek I’m happy you’re Along For The Ride as we explore strange #SetTheVCR worlds! Don’t believe me? Just Ask Dr. Ruth.

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#SetTheVCR: April 25 – May 1, 2022

Posted on April 25, 2022December 17, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on #SetTheVCR: April 25 – May 1, 2022
#SetTheVCR: April 25 – May 1, 2022

Nothing Personal about this week’s #SetTheVCR; I can promise you Under The Banner of Heaven will be your new Crush.

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Morning Tea: Will Smith Is Wheels Up Which is Barry Good Magic

Posted on April 22, 2022September 18, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Morning Tea: Will Smith Is Wheels Up Which is Barry Good Magic
Morning Tea: Will Smith Is Wheels Up Which is Barry Good Magic

What’s popping in popular culture? Sammy steeps some seriously serious tea which prompts reflections.

Morning Tea, My Pal Sammy, True Sammy Stories

Morning Tea: Victoria’s Secrets Across the Spider-Verse

Posted on April 21, 2022September 18, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Morning Tea: Victoria’s Secrets Across the Spider-Verse
Morning Tea: Victoria’s Secrets Across the Spider-Verse

What’s popping in popular culture? Sammy steeps some seriously serious tea which prompts reflections.

Morning Tea, My Pal Sammy, True Sammy Stories

Morning Tea: Arsenio Hall’s Last Dance With A Mask

Posted on April 19, 2022September 19, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Morning Tea: Arsenio Hall’s Last Dance With A Mask
Morning Tea: Arsenio Hall’s Last Dance With A Mask

What’s popping in popular culture? Sammy steeps some seriously serious tea which prompts reflections.

Morning Tea, My Pal Sammy, True Sammy Stories

Morning Tea: White Trash Thor Is A Maverick

Posted on April 18, 2022September 18, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Morning Tea: White Trash Thor Is A Maverick
Morning Tea: White Trash Thor Is A Maverick

What’s popping in popular culture? Sammy steeps some seriously serious tea which prompts reflections.

Morning Tea, My Pal Sammy, True Sammy Stories

#SetTheVCR: April 18 – 24, 2022

Posted on April 18, 2022May 23, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on #SetTheVCR: April 18 – 24, 2022
#SetTheVCR: April 18 – 24, 2022

I’m so Barry happy you’re Along For The Ride with this week’s #SetTheVCR. We got a Magic Batman Shark. That sounds odd but it’ll make way more sense on Wednesday which is 4-20!

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  • #SetTheVCR: October 20-26, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Welcome to Derry is not the sole vanishing children TV Recommendation this week. #SetTheVCR has lots of Happy Halloween offerings so keep that G.I. Joe nightlight handy.
  • #SetTheVCR: October 13-19, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    This week's TV Recommendations is loaded with TV We Love to Happy Halloween suggestions that'll leave you Scared Shitless. A wonderful range like that can only be: #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: October 06-12, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    With these week's TV recommendations say goodbye to John Candy and the Woman In Cabin 10. But say hello to #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: September 29 – October 05, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Like a man in the basement I got TV recommendations that are a Chef's Kiss. On The Lost Bus, this is your stop: It's #SetTheVCR!
  • #SetTheVCR: September 22-28, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    I got the Lowdown on this week's TV Recommendations so you don't hafta Go Into The Void all Wayward and lost. Just as The Simpsons keep going, so too does #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: September 15-21, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    This week's TV Recommendations are not a Stop Gap Measure. Rather it's a Lilith Fair celebration of charming TV presented as #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: September 08-14, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Lots of TV Recommendations for you to Sheen this week. Like your Cable Guy, I got you hooked up with #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: September 01-07, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Have I Got News for You: I got TV Recommendations for you Winter Spring Summer or Fall. From the Highest 2 Lowest this is #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: August 25-31, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    This week's #SetTheVCR is dedicated to my Stans.
  • #SetTheVCR: August 18-24, 2024
    by Sammy Younan
    Night Always Comes and like a TV Gambler you seek bold TV Recommendations without going Eenie Meanie. Once again #SetTheVCR is here to help, always cooler than Devo.
  • #CouchWorthy: Smell Ya Later Ozzy OsbourneOctober 3, 2025
    Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home is one documentary way to say...Smell Ya Later Ozzy Osbourne. Thanks for the music.
  • #TIFF50: Eleanor the GreatSeptember 25, 2025
    In Eleanor The Great, June Squibb brings to life the proudly troublesome Eleanor Morgenstein, who after a devastating loss, tells a dangerous tale.
  • The Savant vs The Idiot…September 24, 2025
    The series follows The Savant an undercover investigator as she infiltrates online hate groups to stop domestic extremists before they act.
  • New Book Alert: Cesar Romero: The Joker Is WildAugust 26, 2025
    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan reviews Yaron Weitzman's Tanking to the Top. Trust The Process of The Philadelphia 76ers?
  • Morning Tea: Happy UFO Day 2025!July 2, 2025
    What's popping in popular culture? My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan steeps some seriously serious tea which prompts reflections.
  • Trial By Trailer: The Running Man (A Remake…)July 1, 2025
    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?

  • New Book Alert: Cesar Romero: The Joker Is Wild
    by Sammy Younan
    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan reviews Yaron Weitzman's Tanking to the Top. Trust The Process of The Philadelphia 76ers?
  • Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 1: Gotham Nocturne: Overture
    Under-Review: Detective Comics: Gotham Nocturne: Overture
    by Sammy Younan
    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan reviews Batman - Detective Comics: Gotham Nocturne: OvertureL Volume 1,
  • New Book Alert: California Bear
    by Sammy Younan
    New Book Alert is just that: A useful Yo for a fresh book. from your pal Sammy. What Are You Reading?
  • New Book Alert: The Music Was Just Getting Good
    by Sammy Younan
    New Book Alert is just that: A useful Yo for a fresh book. from your pal Sammy. What Are You Reading?
  • New Book Alert: The Ascent
    by Sammy Younan
    New Book Alert is just that: A useful Yo for a fresh book. from your pal Sammy. What Are You Reading?

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