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1000 Meisterwerke (1000 Masterpieces) was a West German art series. It followed the highly successful British series 100 Great Paintings. From 1981 through 1994, the West German broadcaster WDR produced the series (originally aired from 1980 and named 100 Meisterwerke aus den großen Museen der Welt; "100 Masterworks from the Great Museums of the World"), which was broadcast by ARD, ORF and BR. In each of the 10-minute broadcasts, a single painting was presented and analyzed by an art historian. The Sunday evening broadcasts had five million viewers.



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1000 Masterpieces - Art History Museum Vienna

"1000 masterpieces from the great museees of the world" is one of the most successful TV series on art. The original fascinates in new image and colour brilliance with special journeys through art history. In 10 short reviews, well-known authors open up a profound access to masterpieces of the "K...
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The Joy of Painting

The Joy of Painting is an American half-hour instructional television show. Created and hosted by painter Bob Ross, it ran from January 11, 1983, to May 17, 1994. In most episodes, Ross taught techniques for landscape oil painting, completing a painting in each session. Occasionally, episodes featured a guest artist who would demonstrate a different painting technique. The program followed the same format as its predecessor from 1974 to 1982, The Magic of Oil Painting, which had been hosted by Ross's mentor Bill Alexander. In 2024, the series was revived with Nicholas Hankins as host, initially using unused paintings Ross had completed before his death.
 
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boppin said:
The Joy of Painting

The Joy of Painting is an American half-hour instructional television show. Created and hosted by painter Bob Ross, it ran from January 11, 1983, to May 17, 1994. In most episodes, Ross taught techniques for landscape oil painting, completing a painting in each session. Occasionally, episodes featured a guest artist who would demonstrate a different painting technique. The program followed the same format as its predecessor from 1974 to 1982, The Magic of Oil Painting, which had been hosted by Ross's mentor Bill Alexander. In 2024, the series was revived with Nicholas Hankins as host, initially using unused paintings Ross had completed before his death.
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I remember getting up to watch Saturday morning cartoons, then Wild Wild West, then Bob Ross, then Julia Child, then Bob Vila...
 
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I remember getting up to watch Saturday morning cartoons, then Wild Wild West, then Bob Ross, then Julia Child, then Bob Vila...
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The best thing is that here in Germany this broadcast is not dubbed. So we hear the English original.

I guess that my neighbour Mrs. F. got inspired by this series. Like a former schoolmate because she posted a video about Bob Ross on Facebook 10 years ago.

Stupid autocorrect!
 
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Sorry folks, I eff'd up. Wanted to post below on the "current" TV series thread, but my search dug up a moldie oldie (similar thing happened when I first joined this forum and there were so many separate music threads). Mods please delete my other post if possible.

Not Netflix, but PBS, so it may be available to most: Once Upon a Time in Space.
I had set my EweTubeTV to record the show, and just watched the first episode (and only two are out, must be a new show). Brief prelude about the start of the US Space program, but it looks like the main subject is the Space Shuttle program, and it concentrates less on the tech aspects and more on the race/sex/skillset/political aspects of things (the US astronauts up to that point were white, male, AF pilots). Lots of interviews with the old astronauts, their wives and children, and lots of 8mm home video footage. The first episode ended with the Challenger disaster.

This is especially interesting to me as I was hired two years later by Thiokol, the builder of the Space Shuttle's boosters (whose segment joint design caused the explosion). Two years after that I went back to USAF engineering, but was very thankful for my couple years working with NASA and for Thiokol.
 
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Watched The Queen's Gambit again, a most excellent show...!

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Caught the first ep of “Lucky” last night, Anya Taylor-Joy’s current major show after “The Queen’s Gambit.” Certainly action-packed and Anya is very easy on the eyes. More importantly, she’s a good actor for the role and there’s no question this is her show. She’s the first-listed in the cast of course but also first-listed as executive producer.
 
I started watching The Shards on Hulu.

It's been getting mixed reviews, but then again, so did the Bret Easton Ellis novel it's based on. I really enjoyed the book, though. I read it very quickly--it was incredibly suspenseful and a page-turner, but it wasn't without its flaws. I'm liking the show so far. It's about a group of rich teenagers in 1980s L.A. (including a fictionalized version of Bret as the main character) who are stalked by a serial killer. I think what bothered many people about The Shards is that the characters are as petty, bratty, and annoying as you'd expect a group of spoiled teenagers obsessed with status and image to be. (I did find it interesting how some saw these characters as almost prototypical "influencer" types before that was a thing). But in either case, I'm having fun with it (maybe in part because I'm from L.A. and I love the setting and the way they try and make it look like the past).
 
The Professionals (1977-1983)
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Bodie and Doyle, senior agents of the British intelligence service CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their handler George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-level crimes.

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Just finished this, and glad to see a fifth (and final) season is coming next year...

I had watched all nine seasons of Suits earlier, and I found this lawyer-centric series more enjoyable overall, but I do think I might try Boston Legal at some point, just for The ****...
 
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Hence why much of it is rubbish. Once I get through The Professionals will watch The Sweeney, then West World season one as the rest is mostly garbage written by the untalented... If going to spend my time, it needs to be good not mediocre let alone the typical mind numbing **** they churn out these days...

Another good one:
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First season outstanding, fully engaged. Second season writing & production value dropped off a cliff, third season cancelled thx to the geniuses in charge who basically have no clue about entertainment and what the audience wants to watch...

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First season was amazing and sooooo messed up lol. Second one I am yet to watch, it kinda felt odd they changed the lead character for a totally different actor? Is it as good? I did start the first episode but kinda fell off it.
 
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Just finished this, and glad to see a fifth (and final) season is coming next year...

I had watched all nine seasons of Suits earlier, and I found this lawyer-centric series more enjoyable overall, but I do think I might try Boston Legal at some point, just for The ****...
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I read the books to go with the series. Very good reads.

Also, Reacher is coming back in a few days, Star Trek Strange New Worlds is already back.
 
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...Not Netflix, but PBS, so it may be available to most: Once Upon a Time in Space.
I had set my EweTubeTV to record the show, and just watched the first episode (and only two are out, must be a new show). Brief prelude about the start of the US Space program, but it looks like the main subject is the Space Shuttle program, and it concentrates less on the tech aspects and more on the race/sex/skillset/political aspects of things (the US astronauts up to that point were white, male, AF pilots). Lots of interviews with the old astronauts, their wives and children, and lots of 8mm home video footage. The first episode ended with the Challenger disaster.
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Watched the second episode tonight; it was centered on the Soviet Mir space station and the preliminary "joint" missions between the US and the USSR, the astro/cosmonauts' mistrust eventually fading into a strong brotherhood (though our respective governments, not so much).
I didn't know about a departing waste vehicle reversing course (they didn't say why) and ramming into Mir, causing an air leak, and a slow tumble which meant loss of effective solar panels, then the backup batteries dying, then all control, and finally the HVAC and lights, Yikes! The two cosmo- and one astronaut were able to manually use the docked Soyuz craft's thrusters to stabilize Mir, and they all returned home safely. Kruschev blamed all three for the accident, and it was only many years later proper recognition was given.
Again, this is so far an incredible series and very eye-opening.
 
Boil said:
Just finished this, and glad to see a fifth (and final) season is coming next year...

I had watched all nine seasons of Suits earlier, and I found this lawyer-centric series more enjoyable overall, but I do think I might try Boston Legal at some point, just for The ****...
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Boston Legal is an awesome show. Great cast, well written, and fun.
 
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Boston Legal is an awesome show. Great cast, well written, and fun.
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Denny Crane!

We've recently finished Disclaimer, Margo's Got Money Problems and several Harlan Coben shows on Netflix (I Will Find You, The Stranger, Stay Close , Safe and The Innocent).

Currently watching Pitmasters on Food Network and ready for the rest of Silo, Trying and Sugar to drop before binging through them.
 
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