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resolved Mockumentary about pretentious photographer Live Action TV
I saw a british mockumentary, a comedy centered on a pretentious photographer and his younger, somewhat goth girlfriend. He's portrayed as a ridiculous loser who assumes his random pictures of trees in black and white are high art, and she's obviously dating her to piss off her parents. I remember two scenes in particular:
- The girlfriend is going on a nihilistic rant about how people are sheep, and she lights a cigarette to look cooler, but she misses the tip with the lighter and "smokes" the unlit cigarette, until the cameraman says the cigarette is unlit, she gets mad and tries to light it again - burning half the cigarette off.
- The photographer shows some of his pictures to a critic (or gallery owner) and the critic, while very polite, trashes him - he says "I think you're using words you don't understand" and "this pictures have absolutely no meaning".
openHorror host who had a downloadable show on Itunes Live Action TV
He dressed like stereotypical vampire.
Most of the movies where either public domain (such as Wasp Woman, which I watched) or indie short films.
In same episode as Wasp Woman, it included a promo and clips from the Troma movie Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, also dating to 2006. He also interview someone from the film, but I don't remember who.
One other film was a short about Jack-O'-Lantern people trying to turn human into more Jack-O'-Lantern people, and a woman trying to stop them.
openNo Title Live Action TV
(Possibly a film broadcast on TV.) Long, long ago—probably between 1965 and 1970—I saw a program that involved a villain who could not be killed because he had removed his heart and hidden it in a safe place. Thus it was an instance of the Soul Jar trope. Here's what else I think I remember (no guarantees): The setting was lavish and baroque, like something from the Arabian Nights. The bad guy was a ruler or a wizard (or both). The protagonist(s) was/were young; no more than teen-age. It was shown during the "family entertainment" block that used to exist on Sunday evenings.
All very vague and so long ago. Does anyone else recall something like this?
resolved Trying to figure sources of Korean media from an ancient meme Live Action TV
Well somehow I had a nostalgia trip back to the later 2000s and noticed this particular Korean meme of Rainbow Tylenol. Problem is, I don't know where the heck they managed to get their memes from. What were the names of those shows were used in the creation of this meme?
openBoy talks to wall cartoons Live Action TV
A US TV show possibly from the early 1990s. I was about a boy who talked to animated cartoon characters on walls and would go on magical adventures, I think.
Any help appreciated, thanks.
resolved Specific Doctor Who episode - Mandela effect Live Action TV
In which episode of Doctor Who did the Doctor tell Amy about the Mandela effect? He didn't call it that, but he talked about how people sometimes have memories that don't match up with reality. I'd like to get that quote.
resolved Puppet Airship Live Action TV
I seem to recall a show (possibly educational) about these puppet animals who lived on an airship.
There were transition scenes where I saw the airship rendered in CGI.
openSun sets in the credits Live Action TV
When I was about four or five years old I caught the credits of some show in my grandmother's house. The only things I can remember were the background footage being a close-up of a sunset and the music being a children's choir singing something (not sure what though). The only other things I recall are the credits themselves being in plain white text and both the text and the music stop when the sun disappears below the horizon. It's stuck with me ever since and I still have no idea where it came from.
openA show my friend told me about Live Action TV
A friend told me about a show she really wanted to find and I couldn't recognize it myself, so I ended up here. Copy-pasted from discord, with permission:
- i must have seen it between the years of 2013 to 2017, and in the northeast united states.
- i do not recall the channel the show aired on, or what time it was.
- the show was not a cartoon, in fact there were no animated aspects at all. it was also not a puppet show. there were live actors in suits playing the characters.
- it was a show targeted towards a preschool demographic, with educational aspects.
- the show's setting was an infinitely large blank white room with a large pillar situated in the center. situated on the pillar was a yellow analogue clock and four doors; one red, one yellow, one blue, and one green.
- the show had a disembodied male narrator.
- at the start of every episode, the narrator would read the clock—-which displayed a different time each episode—-and tell the viewer it was time for "our friends" to come out and play. the friends he is referring to are the main characters.
- there were two girls and two boys; the two girls were red & yellow, and the boys were blue & green. i do not recall what species the characters were, or their names. their colours corresponded to the doors, those doors belonged to them.
- there were three topics of discussion throughout each episode. one character, let's say red, would ask a question. another character, let's say blue, would say something along the lines of "i can help you with that!" and open their door to reveal a short cinematic.
- as mentioned previously, the cinematic focused on an early educational aspect, such as science, literacy, and occupations.
- there were two educational periods at a time, before the narrator popped in to say it was either play time or lunch time, depending on the episode.
- play time consisted of the characters playing with blocks or other toys that were randomly dispersed throughout the blank white room. lunch time consisted of them talking about what they brought for lunch. it was usually the average "healthy food" a parent would encourage their young child to eat.
- after the third cinematic, the narrator would look at the clock and tell the viewers it was time for their friends to go home, and the characters waved goodbye and go back up the tubes they entered through.
That's all. Anything would be a huge help.
openShow within a show about ferrets Live Action TV
I was in the hospital a few days ago. With nothing to do, I was flipping between channels on the TV, and caught a show that had multiple plot threads going on. One of them was about an Asian woman who was the head writer on a show starring a bunch of ferrets (puppets, I assume). The network said they wanted to add a human character and forced her to add in an obnoxious white male comedian who wasn't nearly as funny as he thought he was. The weird part is that the other plot threads (on the outer show) seemed to be from completely unrelated shows - they weren't even the same genre, as the ferret plotline seemed like a sitcom and the other plot threads were from a drama or a police procedural. Anyway, it appeared to be something currently-running, not a re-run. Anyone recognize it?
openScary Hospital Promo(?) Live Action TV
I apologize if this isn't enough detail.
Back in 2010-2011, there was this commercial that scared me as a kid, which I think was a promo to a show or something. It had a narrator talking about ways doctors "change the way patients behave" and it had visuals of hospital patients screaming, one of which seeming to have two vertical cuts at either side of their nose.
This is a vague memory, but I highly doubt it was something my brain made up, because my young mind wouldn't have generated something this twisted.
openTv episode with accidental success at share trading Live Action TV
- Tv episode seen in 00s I think
- A guy is talking to some other people about how easy online share trading is and shows them how to buy shares but gets the id number for the shares and the number of shares he wanted to buy in the reversed categories.
- This means that he buys shares in small company (that I think had something to do with bowling) instead of the intended company and trading closes before he can sell back the the stock
- The next day the guy is surprised that the small company has been bought out and he has made a big profit on the shares
- He lies to to his co-workers and tells them he has a system for picking shares. Female co-worker comments on the unusual number of shares he bought, not knowing cause it was because he had put in the id number
- The guy's boss pulls the guy aside and tell him he wants to invest using his system. The guy tells him the truth since he doesn't but the boss doesn't believe him and says if that were true he would just give him a fake tip to get rid of him. The boss continues to pressure the guy until he tells the boss that the company that they work for looks good.
resolved Gumball-esc Puppet Show (Found!) Live Action TV
There was this one show I'm trying to remember that was once on Netflix back when it was still on the Wii. It was about this puppet kid trio (a black male who was the main character, a white female who either had a rabbit hood like Louise from Bob's Burgers or was voiced by the same person as Louise, & a white male that I know for sure had no visible mouth or pupils due to his clothing & glasses) who discover weird & paranormal things in their school every episode such as a gun that would swap over attributes of two items (Such as making orange bananas & yellow oranges), a golem made out of tables & chairs from the teachers lounge, or what I remember the most was a time machine in a hidden part of the school, one where you have to move a crank in order to push time by a small margarine.
Edited by BagelDemonopenAn international series about a former bride who finds love Live Action TV
Hey, there was this series I remember which was dubbed in Hindi back in India in a tv channel called Firangi which aired european shows dubbed in hindi. and there was this tv series i recall which was about a bride who was cheated on and along the way she ends up finding love again when she meets 3 more men, one of whom is a pilot. If anyone knows the name and the country it was from please let me know what it was?
openDoctor Demons Episode Live Action TV
An episode of Dr. Oz or Phil where adults would describe nightmares about horned demons and aliens.
resolved Sepia-toned afterlife Live Action TV
This might have been a movie; for a bit I was sure it was the HBO adaptation of Angels in America, but I just rewatched that and it wasn't that. I mostly just remember a particular scene. As best I remember: the main character finds himself in a monochromatic afterlife (maybe heaven, maybe limbo). It's very rural/pastoral - you know, trees, dirt roads, fields, etc. I think he meets multiple people, but he definitely meets at least one: a little girl who is heavily implied to be God, or maybe Death. The main character might be dying or might be already dead, and I dimly remember he's trying to either not die or not go to hell. This is very vague - sorry - but I feel like it was relatively recent (something produced within the last decade), so if it jogs anyone's memory, please let me know.
Edited by LaughingGiraffeopenTitle Unknown Live Action TV
I remember in the early 90s, there was a VHS tape for children starring someone like Suzanne Somers or Goldie Hawn (I don't think it was either of them, but it was a blonde woman who was well known at that time.)
All I remember is that it featured lots of songs; one was about career ideas (e.g., astronaut, firefighter, doctor), and another was the song "The More We Get Together, The Happier We'll Be" where a bunch of kids were spending time in a park.
resolved Early 2010s Nick sitcom series about an alien who lived with a human family because an alien species Live Action TV
Early 2010s Nick sitcom series about an alien who lived with a human family because an alien species hunts him.please help me find this show
resolved 1990s Brother in Apartment Live Action TV
A mid-to-late 1990s kids TV show about two brothers who live with their parents in an apartment.
The older brother (the main character) was around 11-12 and the younger brother was about 8. If I recall correctly, the older one would have these "imagine spots" to do with some life situation or another.
I remember some distinct parts of two episodes: One had the older brother in the park talking with his friends about germs, which then cut to an imagine spot where big bro returns home and finds his parents (in hazmat suits) have turned the apartment into an ultra-clean zone. They take the baseball mit he has and put in a bag and then it cuts to the little bro in a hazmat suit with a decontamination spray, laughing maniacally, before going back to reality.
The other moment was where the little bro thinks there's monsters under his bed. The wacky superintendent/handyman of the building (guy with a moustache) gave him "anti-monster spray" to use under his bed. The following morning, the kid has used up the spray can.
This just popped into my mind and i can't remember what it's from. Think it's a british show, but not 100 percent on that. A guy starts to fall in love with a woman from the middle east who's moved in to his area. She has has a son and cooks a few different dishes for him. Things go sour and she breaks it off vut he goes to her new house and they decide to try again. There's something about the son with a phone and i think the guy works either as press or low-level government.
Thanks
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