Our assignment this week was to watch the pilot for TV’s original Land of the Lost, which aired back in 1974. Read the full post.
Jun 4
2009
12:00 PM ET
'Land of the Lost,' the original TV show: Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club goes back in time for you
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jj11–I thought that Josh would have had enough of us Canadians highjacking the PCC, with Mark and me teaching everything we know about Canada to our young Padawan Learner Wojo. That said, I was going to save myself for the next PCC, since I actually did this week’s homework. I am still trying to recover.
You could start your own club, Commenting Canadians. Actually that might be a good name for a band. I agree with Rhett. The King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters would be a great assignment. I would love to have others thoughts on dweebs, an uber-mullet, world records, and hot sauce.
“The King of Kong” would actually be a great choice. I saw it last year, and it definitely has tons of stuff that would be fun to joke about in addition to being a good, enjoyable documentary. Also, it’s available as a watch instantly movie on Netflix right now so it’d be rather convenient for people who use Netflix. And if you can’t watch it instantly on Netflix, it’s worth going out of the way for the DVD, which is how I saw it, because there are tons of special features on it. I specifically remember being stunned by the number of special features that were actually on the DVD since it wasn’t exactly a main stream film. I’m not sure what the tie-in to our club would be for it since it’s been around for a couple years now, but like you, jj11, I think it has great potential for some interesting comments.
Sara — I see your point about movies. I’m just trying things out to see what work the best. I think it makes sense to occasionally do new movies, although it may be tough to ask people to all see them their first week out. And yet going to them in week two feels a bit…old. Older than renting an old DVD, for some reason. Well, we’ll keep mixing it up.
And Xena, to answer your David Hyde Pierce question, I got him because once upon a time he went to my old camp (not at the same time), which is how I got in touch with him. As for Stephen King, I’m not saying he would have done it, but I didn’t even try, as publishers think that blurbs should be by people who work in the same vein as the book (i.e. humor). Granted, David Hyde Pierce is an actor, not a writer, but he might have made people pick up the book and say, “Hey, ‘Frasier’ was funny, maybe this book will be too.” Damn, I should have had more persnickety shrinks in my book.