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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The Midwest has elected a new ope

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

“Torpedo bats” ✉️ “What did the admiral find in the submarine’s belfry?”

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

"The Naked City" (1948) - Rossellini meets Weegee in Jules Dassin's landmark of location shooting. Entertaining enough, but best viewed as the pulpy forerunner of a Dick Wolf police procedural, right down to Barry Fitzgerald's seen-it-all lead detective and the day players bringing the world to life

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Microsoft’s little emblem in its desktop search bar today is supposed to be birthday boy Alexander Graham Bell and a telephone but all I see is a cannon pointing at his head Looney Tunes-style

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

“Stalag 17” (1953) - Proto-“Hogan’s Heroes” comedy/drama directed by Billy Wilder and set in a POW camp during Christmas 1944. Twisty thrills abound, William Holden cigar-chomps his way to an Oscar win, and any movie is made better with Sig Ruman in a supporting role. Add it to your holiday rotation

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Hello to my new followers. Here’s a picture of Gallagher from a 1987 tv special celebrating the 75th anniversary of Las Vegas

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

“where the hell are the singing cats?”

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

“White Christmas” (1954): The charms of the four leads are undeniable, the Technicolor pops, and you can’t go wrong with Michael Curtiz directing, but what always sticks with me is Dean Jagger’s tough, tender work as the major general. His arrival in the final scene is just beautiful stuff

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

If you have an Easter Bunny costume and some green paint, you have a Grinch costume

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

“Okay, folks, stick around: we have the AP All-American Pickleball Team with us tonight”

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

“The holidays sure bring out the worst in people, don’t they? I’m not saying folks are finding strange new ways to celebrate Christmas, but I just saw Robert Kennedy Jr. dump a dead reindeer carcass in Central Park.”

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

“Yes, everyone is really getting into the holiday spirit. I’m not saying Santa Claus is taking things too far, but he just removed Hunter Biden from the naughty list dating back to 2014”

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

“Yes, it’s time for Christmas shopping again. I’m not saying that shopping for gifts is stressful, but Kendrick Lamar just released a new diss track: ‘Not Like Toys-R-Us’”

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

“Can you believe all of these streaming platforms these days? I’m not saying networks are starting to rethink their streaming strategies, but at NBC’s Christmas feast this year, they served roast Peacock.”

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

“Have you heard some of the new holiday pop songs this year? I’m not saying singers are cashing in on Christmas for a quick buck, but Sabrina Carpenter just released a new song: “That’s That Me Hot Cocoa”

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

“Have you seen some of the holiday programs the streaming services are releasing this year? I’m not saying Netflix is cutting back on its budgets, but this year it’s only doing the Six Days of Christmas.”

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Hello to my new followers. Here is Bob Hope playing Don Johnson in a “Miami Vice” parody called “Miami Nice”

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We’re doing this thing for milk now? Come on

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

“Paul, I hope you weren’t thinking about letting the now destroy the forever”

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Hello to additional new followers. Here is Bob Hope as the Fonz — or as they call him in this special: “Fun-zie”

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

No idea why I got a bunch of new followers tonight BUT here’s a photo of Bob Hope in a football uniform from a 1982 Thanksgiving special that for some reason also doubled as a Pink Panther tribute special

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937) - Have you watched this recently? Have you watched this in the context of the (fun but occasionally sloppy) Disney shorts released just before it? The leap in artistry is just incredible. Don’t read up on composer Frank Churchill, it will break your heart.

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

“Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977) - Imagine directing this and it not even cracking the Top 5 of your filmography. Spielberg mixes the sci-fi B-movies of his youth with the paranoia of ‘70s cinema, and ends up with a beautifully humanistic film about connection. We are not alone.

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

“Did you see this? Our good friend Jay Leno recently took a pretty bad tumble down a 60-foot hill and broke his wrist and banged up his face. Isn’t that wild, Ed? Jay took a spill. Thankfully the injuries weren’t more severe. In fact, the doctors said the worst part was finding denim band-aids.”

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

“A Matter of Life and Death” (1946): Powell and Pressburger’s dreamlike meditation on true love, the afterlife, and everything in between: war, science, colonialism, law, order, Coca-Cola — it’s all here. Might sneakily be the greatest film ever made.

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

“I don’t care if he *is* a magical creature named Totoro — I don’t want to be forced to be friends with my neighbors.”

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

“The Informer” (1935): John Ford mixes up a cocktail of German expressionism & Irish nationalism and builds the bridge from silent movies to film noir. Victor McLaglen won the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance as a big, dumb lug dealing with the consequences of his actions…

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

“High Sierra” (1941): Moves noir out of the city and into the mountains of the American West. Bogart doing the “vulnerable tough guy” thing he does so well as a career criminal who gets a glimpse of a kinder, gentler life and tries to attain it the only way he knows how: with muscle and money.

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

“The Train” (1964). You rarely see this on “best of” lists for World War II, action, or 1960s movies, which is a shame. It’s a propulsive yet patient film about duty, obsession, and futility in the closing months of 1944. “The Monuments Men” meets “Die Hard”?

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

“Animal Crackers” (1930): “Duck Soup” is the Marx Brothers’ masterpiece, of course, but for my money, this is their second best (I don’t think much of the MGM years; they did their best work with Paramount). Anarchy at a society party on Long Island.

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Rewatched Jean Renoir’s “Grand Illusion” (1937) tonight. The granddaddy of POW films. “Stalag 17” and “The Great Escape” are particularly in its debt. Funny, deeply human, wistful, and ultimately thrilling while also being a keen examination of class.

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

Love how the grid on Curb’s instagram page makes me and Larry look like old friends sharing a chuckle

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

Hey I was on the season premiere of “Curb.” Dream come true

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 30/01/2024

Anyone else find this Super Bowl, um, suspicious? My research shows the so-called “San Francisco 49ers” play in Santa Clara, NOT San Francisco. The “Kansas City” Chiefs are from Missouri? Also, I looked into it: Allegiant Stadium is located in Paradise, NV, NOT Las Vegas. Psyop?

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

"We had films about racism, the Holocaust, treatment of Indigenous Peoples. Difficult topics everyone should learn about—unless you live in Florida, apparently. Speaking of DeSantis, they’re making a movie about his presidential campaign: it's called “The Zone of Complete Lack of Interest".

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

"We had the summer blockbuster that reminds us that even if you're the genius in charge of a project that changes the course of history, you still might find your peers betraying you when you need them the most. But enough about Greta Gerwig not getting nominated..."

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

"Welcome to the 96th Academy Awards. We're here tonight honoring some of the best films of 2023 — and really, you can't write off any of the nominated films tonight. Unless, of course, you're David Zaslav."

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

"here's something, folks — a man was arrested at Disneyland the other day for stripping naked on the ride 'It's a Small World.' isn't that wild, Ed? A man walks around Disneyland with no pants on and he gets arrested. but Donald Duck does it and they throw a parade."

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

all-timer Wikipedia picture for Rey Ordóñez

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

RIP cowboy holding a stick of dynamite

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

I’ve heard of a rocky road but a

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

“Did you see this, folks? Green Day is going on tour with the Smashing Pumpkins. Isn’t that something, Ed? Big news for fans of ‘90s alternative rock. And get this: if you stick around for 5 minutes after the last song, you’ll also get an unlisted acoustic set by Tré Cool”

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

🎶 Speaker of the house ousted in a vote Lost the giant gavel And now Gaetz will gloat

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

You maniacs, you blew it up, ah, damn you, etc

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Jamison Webb @jamisonwebb.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

“It’s hot out there, isn’t it, folks? Very dangerous stuff. I don’t know if you saw this, Ed, but experts are suggesting ways for people to cool down. Get this: you can drink lots of water, you can stay in the air conditioning, or you can go to work for the Ron DeSantis campaign”

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