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Tag: Will Smith

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

#CouchWorthy: Welcome to Earth

Posted on December 7, 2021September 25, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on #CouchWorthy: Welcome to Earth
#CouchWorthy: Welcome to Earth

Did you hear the one about the National Geographic and the Fresh Prince Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It? Yup: Welcome to Earth.

My Pal Sammy, Television, True Sammy Stories

Morning Tea: Stranger Things in Atlanta

Posted on November 8, 2021September 18, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Morning Tea: Stranger Things in Atlanta
Morning Tea: Stranger Things in Atlanta

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: Kurt Vonnegut Remembers The 5th of November

Posted on November 5, 2021September 18, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Morning Tea: Kurt Vonnegut Remembers The 5th of November
Morning Tea: Kurt Vonnegut Remembers The 5th of November

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

Morning Tea, My Pal Sammy, True Sammy Stories

#SetTheVCR: June 21-27, 2021

Posted on June 21, 2021November 10, 2022 By Sammy Younan
#SetTheVCR: June 21-27, 2021

TV On…Pants off! What’s Good on TV this week.

Set The VCR

#SetTheVCR: August 30-September 5, 2020

Posted on August 30, 2020March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan
#SetTheVCR: August 30-September 5, 2020

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

This week has lots of excellent TV recommendations we just sadly end on a somber note with a Chadwick Boseman movie. I mean that whole thing is strange.  Thankfully there’s lots of tv to distract and help process that.

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Set The VCR

Allergic To Logic

Posted on June 29, 2020 By Sammy Younan
Allergic To Logic

“Forgive my Laughter: I have a medical Condition.”

Comedy

Trailer Alert: O.J.: Made in America

Posted on June 8, 2016 By Sammy Younan
Trailer Alert: O.J.: Made in America

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

“The first eight years of schooling was with all white people. So that helped me to understand how white people think. I think that transition is what helped me bridge the gap, because that’s what my success has really been about: bridging the gap between the black community and the white community.”

READ ON “Trailer Alert: O.J.: Made in America” »

Girth Radio Blog
  • #SetTheVCR: August 03-09, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    Shard of TV Recommendations make watching TV feel like Moral Kombat. No worries I got dope #SetTheVCR recommendations for all kinds of Family Ties.
  • #SetTheVCR: July 27 – August 02, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    TV You can be Furious about these TV Recommendations from The Devil's Mouth. Or you can just #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: July 20-26, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    Lots of Nouvelle Vague TV Recommendations this week: 72 Hours will be just Gone watching TV. #SetTheVCR is just as rare as a Blue Heron.
  • #SetTheVCR: July 13-19, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    You got Lucky…have I got TV Sweetness for you. Your next TV Obsession awaits like a patient Hawk. You won’t put this week’s #SetTheVCR in Cold Storage.
  • #SetTheVCR: July 06-12, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    No need to attend Burning Man to go on a vision quest for TV Recommendations. Your TV Protector is back with another #SetTheVCR that’s as recklessly fun as Evel Knievel.
  • #SetTheVCR: June 29 – July 05, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    These aren't TV Recommendations. Rather this week's #SetTheVCR is a TV time machine back when TV was a Keeper. Cue the fireworks!
  • #SetTheVCR: June 22-28, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    Here's How To Make A Killing with TV recommendations. Ignore the Undertone and trust your Little Brother #SetTheVCR who'll always be Family like we're in Fast & Furious.
  • #SetTheVCR: June 15-21, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    You Never Change and neither do I. These Project Hail Mary TV Recommendations can only be #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: June 08-14, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    If your goal is to enjoy TV Recommendations that don't involve The World Cup or America's 250th Anniversary well...I did my best. Still, shall we #SetTheVCR?
  • #SetTheVCR: June 01-07, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    Do you have Dreams of TV Recommendations that are Not Suitable For Work? Like Earth, Wind and Fire...#SetTheVCR is among the core elements.
  • Happy National Pinball Day! Buying Bold Dreams with QuartersAugust 1, 2026
    Celebrating National Pinball Day: a salute to tactile storytelling, analog chaos, and buying bold dreams with quarters in neon-lit arcades.
  • #CouchWorthy: Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2July 29, 2026
    Batman: Caped Crusader is a hard-boiled animated series that follows the fearsome vigilante in his early years.
  • #CouchWorthy: 10 Years of Stranger Things Is Strange…Hype Is For HeathensJuly 15, 2026
    10 years later is Stranger Things world-building or just nostalgic hype? A retrospective look at the Duffer Brothers’ pop culture legacy.
  • #CouchWorthy: Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown vs Cold War WigsJuly 14, 2026
    Reviewing CNN’s Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown—where Cold War CIA spycraft, satellite delays and 80s wig collections collide.
  • Pennywise with a Promotion: Is AI Your New Co-Worker or a Cosmic Predator?July 8, 2026
    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan explores humanizing artificial intelligence—from Pennywise to Rick Deckard.
  • When It Comes to the MCU Marvel has Miles To GoJune 24, 2026
    Can Marvel truly be the House of Ideas if it keeps re-using the Spider-Man name for Miles Morales? Recycling is lazy storytelling.

  • 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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