IggyReilly

It’s always been one of my film hot takes that Nick got absolutely screwed over by George Bailey’s existence. In the original timeline he’s just a bartender in another’s employ; in the George-less timeline he’s the owner of his own bar (which is thriving and popping way more than Martini’s ever was, by the way).

Yeah, maybe he’s not as nice, but you have to remember that he’s working in Pottersville now, not Bedford Falls. Pottersville was basically the upstate New York version of Las Vegas at that point. I’ve met more than one late-night French Quarter bartender in my life and part of the job is sussing out the crazies and giving them the heave-ho when it’s clear things aren’t going to get any better with them. Nick was probably at the tail-end of a long-arse, freezing cold Christmas Eve shift, dealing with crazies all night and then Clarence walks in wearing his PJs and ordering nonsense drinks.

Yeah, out the door or through the window, I’d say too.

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With the thousands of hours of stupid shite broadcast around the game of football every week, why don't even get in-depth analysis like this instead?

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Agreed. It's what makes Brady as a broadcaster so frustrating. They literally run those "What if you had the brain of Tom Brady" commercials on Fox, but then during the game broadcast he rarely shares any of his knowledge or takes us inside the game. It's just the same "Wow, what a play, KB!" stuff that everyone else does. At least with Collinsworth that type of unbridled enthusiasm comes off as sincere. Brady is such an off-putting robot when he does it it just seems weird. Maybe the focus groups say people don't really want the in-depth analysis in game, it just seems like if they're not going to lean on his football expertise then what is he there for (because it's certainly not his personality).

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Why would someone sign up for Netflix to watch a podcast. The whole point of a podcast is to listen to it. Netflix is dumb

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A not-insignificant amount of people "watch" podcasts on YouTube or other platforms that have a visual element. How much "watching" people are doing versus just listening is anyone's guess, but it seems that Netflix is wanting to take that traffic away from YouTube and bring it to it's own platform. They already announced deals with The Ringer and iHeartMedia. Netflix is acutely aware that the average person spends significantly more time watching YouTube than they do Netflix and I guess this is a step towards trying to mitigate that. Whether it will work is anyone's guess.

I'm not sure how many "viewers" they will be able to bring over, at least at first. Clicking on YouTube and watching clips (or a podcast) is something that is second nature to most people at this point; Netflix not so much. I won't say that Netflix's interface is at all difficult to use, but it definitely would require at least a few more clicks than YouTube's would and for passive users the more clicks it takes = the less likely they are to use your app.

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They’ll expand. Too much money to be lost by not expanding

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It was considered a foregone conclusion for a long time that they would be expanding and adding 2 teams. That's billions of dollars in pure profit that the owners get to split 30 ways. Problem is the new $76 billion media deal they signed last year was significantly larger than anyone was expecting so the math has changed significantly. Do we grab the upfront expansion fees now (but then have to split the media revenue 32 ways in perpetuity) or do we just keep things as they are (and continue to split the media revenue 30 ways)? Reportedly the teams are mostly split along economic lines where the larger and/or richer owners are interested in keeping the extra revenue longterm while the smaller market/less rich owners are interested in the cash in hand now.

It's worth noting that this is becoming a growing issue in sports ownership (and will likely only continue to grow going forward). Obviously anyone who can afford to own a pro sports franchise is by definition "wealthy as ****", but just like with anything else there are levels to this. Many of the legacy owners who inherited their teams or bought in at much lower prices just don't have the kind of outside wealth/income that these new owners and groups coming in do. Steve Ballmer can afford to lose a hundred million dollars and it would be a rounding error. The Buss family not so much. It's why the Buss' recently sold 51% of the Lakers (to the rich-arse ownership group that owns the Dodgers). It's why Mark Davis fought to move the team to Vegas and then sold 10% of the Raiders to the Brady group (he's reportedly one of the least liquid owners in the league and now he has a cool $450 million cash extra in hand) and it's why the Mets can finally afford to outspend the Yankees (Steve Cohen is far wealthier than the Steinbrenner family).

These kind of wealth and outside income disparities mean that the short and longterm goals of the various owners are likely going to align less and less moving forward.

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Was just diagnosed with Rosacea. My primary prescribed me Metronidazole cream, which is just making my face even more red. I'm using gentle facial cleansers and moisturizers while I wait to see a dermatologist. Have any of you had any success managing this? This is freaking awful

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You might want to ask the dermatologist about laser treatments they might have available. I used to get super noticable red flushing in my cheeks and nose. I had V-beam done which is a pulse laser treatment that breaks up the blood vessels in your face that are below the surface of the skin (which is what causes the redness). It's used to treat rosacea in some cases. I had 3 treatments done (separated by a month in-between treatments). They numb you up so it doesn't really hurt, but there's a not insignificant amount of swelling for a few days and then bruising that'll last for a week or two after that. But the results for me were tremendous. I forget how much it cost, but it wasn't a life changing amount of money (maybe around $800 per treatment?). The results aren't permanent, but can last up to a decade. I had it done 5-6 years ago and the results are still the same (the better you take care of your skin and use sunscreen then the longer the results will last). Something to ask about.

Fansgraph has their WARs closer (9.1 to 8.5 in favor of Judge). Properly valuing catchers is harder than other positions. I could see the voters giving it to Raleigh considering he's one of the best defensive catchers in the game and what he's doing at the plate is unprecedented for his position. It could also be argued that Raleigh is more valuable to his team considering the Mariners and Yankees have almost identical records despite the Mariners having close to half the payroll. If Judge didn't already have two MVPs (including one last year) he'd 100% get it, but voter fatigue is a real thing (conscious or not). If I was a betting man I'd take Raleigh to win (current odds are around +300). Great value bet.

Belichick made Young Brady. By the time Brady went from “game manager” to “legit star QB” he already had 3 rings and was a made man. But Old Brady also covered a lot of aging Belichick’s drafting deficiencies. Belichick got used to being able to plug in randos all over the field and by the end he thought he could win with just anyone and football doesn’t work that way long term.

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He was actually fired during filming due to all the chaos and lack of organization he had. Kurt Russel too over directing and did most of the movie as well as post production. He didn’t want the credit for it though, so he had the producers keep the original directors name on it. What I’ve read is that the cast have a great appreciation of what he did, because he saved the movie and was incredibly humble about it.

Much respect!

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Maybe I'm mistaken, but it was always my understanding that Russell took over directing duties mid-shoot but couldn't receive an official credit for directing due to the Eastwood Rule.

The Eastwood Rule was put into place in 1972 after Clint Eastwood got director Philip Kaufman fired from the set of The Outlaw Josey Wales and took over directing duties for himself. After that the Directors Guild of America put forth a provision that a director fired after production started couldn't be replaced by someone already working in some other capacity on the film (actor, writer, producer, etc.).

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The Mick. It’s basically a Dee Reynolds spin off. I enjoyed it but never heard much about it when it was out.

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A.P. Bio is Dennis’ side project. Great supporting cast.

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Co-signing this. If you like Sunny then you'll likely enjoy both of these. Both basically play muted versions of their Sunny characters which doesn't suggest a whole lot of range, but both are still very funny so it works. AP Bio is currently on Netflix, The Mick was awhile back, not sure about now.

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I didn't know any of this, thank you for sharing, it's a shame they cut that scene, it would have elevated what is already a great classic movie.

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They changed the ending in the editing room. Originally Neil didn't just deliver the monologue, he actually follows Del to the next train station. Apparently this ending didn't test well so they added the shots of Steve Martin reminiscing about his time with Neil (these originally weren't meant to be included in the film, they were just reactions Martin was having in-between takes) and reversed the shot of the train pulling out of the station so that it looked like Del went back for Neil instead of being followed and basically guilted into letting Neil come home with him. It makes the ending more wholesome and like they'd built a genuine friendship.