MONDAY MORNING DISPATCH (6/23/25)

1)  There’s an early episode of MOONLIGHTING (mid-1980’s TV show starring Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis) where David Addison (Willis) remarks to Maddie Hayes (Shepherd), “This is the chase.” The character says it just as the two of them start chasing after that episode’s bad guy.

There are other instances during that show when the characters “wink at the camera,” i.e. they acknowledge they’re on a TV show, without completing breaking the 4th wall.

THE SIMPSONS does it. Episodes of 30 ROCK have done it. RICK & MORTY walks a very fine line at doing it.

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MONDAY MORNING DISPATCH (6/9/25)

1)  Still fighting with myself to not get political in the stuff I write about on here. But…

I’m seeing reports that over 140,000 people have been deported since the start of the current administration, and over 50,000 are currently being detained. For the folks who voted for this, I was wondering:

Has your life improved dramatically over the past five months? You feel safer when you go out at night? Is it easier for you to find work now that you’re not competing with as many illegal immigrants? Economy is doing better and your grocery bills have dropped significantly? Find medical care is easier to get, and cheaper?

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MONDAY MORNING DISPATCH (4/14/25)

1)  This past week, the defense team for Bryan Kohberger was in court, trying to get all kinds of motions granted. You know who Bryan Kohberger is:

The dead-eyed Ph.D. student accused of murdering four Idaho college students.

Bryan has an airtight alibi. He was stargazing at the time of the murders.

And also, that knife that his Amazon account shows he purchased? He doesn’t know anything about it.

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