Sunday, December 15, 2019

Yule Logged: Shameless, Midsomer Murders, Miss Fisher Mysteries, Boomers, The Lucy Show, The Bob Newhart Show



Shameless (UK)  -  Christmas in Chatsworth (2004)

If you’re a fan then this is aces. I’m not a fan so, for while I recognize and appreciate the craft, I just don’t find ensemble comedic scumbaggery all that entertaining.




Midsomer Murders  - Ghosts of Christmas Past (2004)

Best of the MM holiday offerings.





Miss Fisher Mysteries - Murder under Mistletoe

An Aussie Christmas show with snow! Thanks to a Christmas in July conceit we get a Christmassy murder mystery down under. One of the series better installments.





Boomers -  Christmas Special (2015)

 (An) OK Boomer(s). A middling effort from an otherwise excellent brit-com.






The Lucy Show -  Together for Christmas (1962)

Unpleasantly shouty for a Christmas episode. Lucy and Viv, a widow and divorce living together, with their kids, clash over each families cherished family traditions in their first shared Christmas.

Still a perfectly fine episode but not the series at its best.





The Bob Newhart Show -  I’m Dreaming of a Slight Christmas (1973)

Bob and Emily’s wish for a quiet Christmas together is scuppered by an anxious patient and a city paralyzing blizzard.

A typically great episode from a classic series.