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November 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The Return of Curb Your Enthusiasm: Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good!
Curb Your Enthusiasm is back. Season 11 is playing currently – you’ll find it on the internet, it’s an HBO show and in New Zealand that means episodes are arriving weekly and available on Neon. It’s also available in other ways… There’s only a few episodes so far – and it’s got the feel of […]Archive
November 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Good Mourning: Remembering The ‘Good Morning’ TV Show (1996-2015)
Even people who never watched the New Zealand TV show Good Morning still reference Mary Lambie (the host from 1997-2003). I never watched the show – well, hardly ever. It was a university holidays indulgence for a time. Like classic “sick-day” viewing. A mix of soft interviews and hard/heavy infomercials. And then, one day, in 2005 I […]Archive
September 6, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Some Lockdown Viewing
Groundhog Day One of the greatest movies ever – and a perfect thing to re-watch as we live some privileged version of Groundhog Day, the same day over and again, time stretched but folding in on itself in a lockdown. We watched this as a family film under lockdown. It was bloody good eh. Just […]Archive
September 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
TVNZ Rebooting The Apprentice Was A Truly Horrifying Thing
TVNZ rebooting The Apprentice was a truly horrifying thing. Actually, no, that’s too dramatic. It’s just downright embarrassing is all. They’ve tried to brush away the fact that it brings Donald Trump back to mind – saying comparisons are inevitable; well of course they are it is the very platform that made latter-day Trump a […]Archive
September 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The TV Show Is On A Loop For You To Find Your Placeholder Friends
I was walking home, a routine podcast-stroll, listening to Marc Maron – one of my forever go-to podcasts; it’s a habit. And he’s talking to A.O. Scott – the film critic. So I was leaning in on this one. Because I loved A.O. Scott’s book – which is the book that Marc is now reading, […]Archive
June 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
My Top-Ten Re-Watchable Sitcoms
There is one thing with this list of 10 – all of the shows needed to be rewatchable, need to be shows I have actually re-watched. Often. So with that as the only catch here’s the list. 1. Taxi – I am in love with this show. And I always have been and I’ve written […]Archive
March 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 155
Mike Post, Television Theme Songs (1982) I feel like I learned about Mike Post from school – not that there were any of his songs to ‘sing’ (or his TV themes, rather) but his classic Hill Street Blues Theme was a staple of piano lessons. Ah! I’ve got it. We did sing one of his […]Archive
January 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 203: Dave Armstrong
Welcome to episode 203 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]Archive
November 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 196: Victor Rodger
Welcome to episode 196 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]Archive
November 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 193: Sean Plunket
Welcome to episode 193 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]Archive
October 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman