DISCUSSIONS FROM THE OTHERHOOD

From television to film; from Horror to Comedy and Drama we all have our favorite TV shows, and Films, characters, and lines. But, how about our favorite scenes? And they may not be in our favorite TV shows or films and may not even include our favorite characters. So, join us in the OTHERhood at 1:30pm EDT; 12:30pm CDT; and 10:30am PDT where we'll discuss a few of our favorite scenes.

Remember the good old days when Easter meant a whole week of Easter break, Easter films and TV shows, Easter baskets and coloring eggs and getting your hair done? Join the Blerdsassins Next Door in the OTHERhood at 1:30p EST/ 12:30 CST 10:30a PST to stroll down memory lane to recall your favorite Easter memories.

What are the best non-musical film soundtracks? Do we mean movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Interstellar and Psycho? Or maybe Fame, Superfly, The Goofy Movie? Join us in the OTHERhood at 1:30 EST/ 12:30 CST/ 10:30 PST to discuss what you believe are the best Non-musical film Soundtracks.

Did your favorite rapper just come out as a reTHUGlican? Did the author whose work you grew up reading suddenly come out as some variety of —phobe? Did you discover that when your favorite actor was portraying a misogynist, misanthrope or a bigot that they weren't acting? Was your favorite athlete REALLY no one's role model? Whose “real self” most disappointed you? Join the Blerdsassins Next Door in the OTHERhood Sunday 3p EST/ 2p CST/ Noon PST as we take a stroll down the Walk of Shame.

Join the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST 3/8/25 as we discuss the best Medical TV shows and films and why some of the medical films and TV shows that viewers like might actually be the worst.

From Gordon Gecko, to Alex P. Keaton to Patrick Bateman and Tess McGill they're all climbing that ladder, grasping for the brass ring and all the things that greed can buy. Join the Blerdsassins Next Door 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST to discuss those iconic characters who have been the acolytes of greed.

Superbowl LIX has come and gone but still people are discussing the Kendrick Lamar halftime show. Some really enjoyed it while others focused on the symbolism were cribbing information for their doctoral theses. Join the Blerdsassins Next door when we'll discuss those TV shows, films and music that we got the message and those where we didn't.

What happened when that favorite Emmy, Oscar, Tony or Grammy winner turned out to be a flash in the pan? What about the TV stars who dumped it all for a promising movie career that never materialized? How about the supporting actor who thumbed their nose at the role that made them famous thinking lead roles were just around the corner? Join the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST to discuss those who THOUGHT they could do other things, and those who actually could.

From Films to TV Shows to certain actors or creators. There are certain things you will NOT watch no matter what. Join the Blerdsassins Next Door in the OTHERhood 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST to discover what we (and you) won't watch no matter HOW much they pay us. Maybe...

Is hunting vampires at night the best way to go? Would you test an unproven substance or procedure on yourself first? Is breaking into smaller groups in a dangerous situation really a good strategy? Join your Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST to discuss how some of these plans may not always be the best and how we would do it differently.

Remember when a comic book cost twenty-five cents and we could play all day with matchbox cars, Easy bake ovens, any game from Parker Brothers or Milton Bradley, baseball cards and Barbies? Join us at 6p PST/ 8P CST/ 9p EST when we look back on those happy days with our toys and games while checking the prices we would have to pay if we wanted to relive those times, today.

How many programs have you seen where supporting characters are suddenly thrust into the spotlight, where we have to find out everything about their lives and backgrounds like Animal on Hill Street Blues, Penny on Good Times and a host of others? Join your Blerdsassins Next Door Saturday 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST when we'll discuss the programs that inserted back stories of supporting casts that failed to serve the plot or the development of the characters.

2025 has begun. What have you resolved to continue to do and what have you decided to put an end to? Join the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p Est to discuss how the resolutions went last year and what you want to change or keep the same for this year.

Call it “jumping the shark,” “nuking the fridge,” suspending disbelief w-a-y past the breaking point: join the Blerdsassins as they ponder which television shows, books, movies, podcasts, recordings, whatever, didn't know when to quit.

Whether it's magic, thrillers, sci fi, horror or the disappearance of 25 million votes between the 2020 election and the 2024 election... disappearances and invisibility can be very unsettling. Join the Bledrdsassins Next Door at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST to pull back the curtain on some of these dramatic (and traumatic) disappearances.

This Hallowmass season the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PDT/ 8p CDT/ 9p EDT will explore the Films, TV shows, Books, customs, and stories that examine the season when the division between the living and the dead thins.

In the United States, early voting is upon us and voting day is looming in the near future. Entertainment news and political ads have us inundated and overwhelmed. But sometimes we catch a TV show or film that reminds us of how important it is to vote and our responsibility to make it to the polls. Join the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PDT/ 8p CDT/ 9p EDT to discuss those films and TV shows that truly inspire us to get out and vote!

Halloween is fast approaching and most of us will be hosting trick or treaters with sweet treats. But what are the best candy treats, these days? Join the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PDT/ 8p CDT/ 9p EDT to discuss the candy favorites we enjoyed as kids, the things we couldn't stand and what we'll be handing out this Halloween!

Possession is supposedly 9/10's of the law but it is also a horror subgenre that contains some of our favorite films. Join the Blerdsassins Next Door 6p PDT/ 8p CDT/ 9p ERDT as we discuss our favorite possession films!

After a gap year for the writer's strike, we came back to the Emmy Awards with wins from shows that we largely didn't know and actors with strong performances were ignored? Join the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PDT/ 8p CDGT/ 9p EDT when we'll discuss what happened to the 2024 Emmy Awards, and why we should care.

Considering promoted events that have been reported in recent years to be sketchy including Fyre Festival, DashCon and Willy's Chocolate Experience. It's like a haunting refrain... these well-publicized parties and celebrations that turn out to be a bust. Join the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PDT/ 8p CDT 9p EDT to determine whether your Con is a Con.

Join the Blerdsassins Next Door in the OTHERhood 6p PDT/ 8p CDT/ 9p EDT when we'll discuss our favorite BIPOC vampires from film, TV and literature!!Join the Blerdsassins Next Door in the OTHERhood 6p PDT/ 8p CDT/ 9p EDT when we'll discuss our favorite BIPOC vampires from film, TV and literature!!

Join the Blerdsassins Next Door in the OTHERhood at 6p PDT/ 8p CDT/9p EDT when they'll discuss famous and infamous film cliffhangers from Inception to Across the Spiderverse and District 9. If the film lasted five minutes longer... how do you think it would have ended?

Join the Blerdsassins Next Door tonight in the OTHERhood 6p PDT/ 8p CDT/ 9p EDT to discuss our favorite comedians who successfully made the jump from stand-up comedy to the Big (or small) screen; and those who didn't.

When there's nothing new, Hollywood gives us old with a twist. Join the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PDT/ 8p CDT/ 9p EDT as we discuss the current offerings of reboots, remakes, and returns; and whether we think they'll be worth the watch.

From Carlton the Door Man to the Computer from Star Trek, how many characters' voices are indelibly etched in our memories but whose faces we've never seen? Join the Blerdsassins Next Door in the OTHERhood 6p PDT/ 8p CDT/ 9p EDT to "see" how many of these characters we can recall. Recording Currently Unavailable... view on You Tube at https://www.youtube.com/live/ywHxGRSSK_Y?si=h0aT9u8SP6PmqbH8

Rumor has it that the tenure of Prestige TV is coming to an end. Shows like Mad Men, OZ, the Sopranos, Breaking Bad, and the Wire were said to have elevated the small screen to the same heights as the Big screen with networks like HBO, AMC and Showtime leading the way. Many careers in front of and behind the camera were made during this golden age. But how many individuals from our many communities of color were able to gain a toehold? Join the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PST/ 8p CST and 9p EST to discuss some of our favorite (and not so favorite) Prestige Programs and whether they elevated any members of our communities of color.

We're coming to the tail end of the Olympics and in retrospect, we honor the games of old by pulling out the rating systems of old looking to a time when the highest mark you could receive in Olympic gymnastics was a perfect 10! So, with that in mind, the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST will offer up our lists of films that we believe rate A Perfect 10 and will tell you why!

Who doesn't love a good superhero film? Well... apparently the Oscars. Variety posted its 16 Superhero Oscar snubs. Do any of them deserve it? Do ALL of them deserve it? Join the Blerdsassins Next Door 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST to discuss whether these snubs were earned or not.

During a recent conversation we hit on the question of, "What exactly is a Blerd?" Well of course the response is an easy one... It's a Black Nerd. But then what is a "nerd"? Well the definitions are generally none too flattering. And the media accounts of nerds and indeed blerds are inconsistent. What do we think blerds are and are we one of them? Join you Blerdsassins Next Door in the OTHERhood at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST as we discuss the Anatomy of a Blerd

During a recent conversation we hit on the question of, "What exactly is a Blerd?" Well of course the response is an easy one... It's a Black Nerd. But then what is a "nerd"? Well the definitions are generally none too flattering. And the media accounts of nerds and indeed blerds are inconsistent. What do we think blerds are and are we one of them? Join you Blerdsassins Next Door in the OTHERhood at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST as we discuss the Anatomy of a Blerd

How could Mrs. Drysdale get rid of the Beverly Hillbillies? Did they actually need a bigger boat? Wasn't there a more effective way to get the cast-aways off the island? Join the Blerdsassins Next Door tonight in the OTHERhood 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST to hear us solve all those pesky plot problems.

Sure we all know when the monster is tearing up our laboratory or when the sky is raining blood, but what are those other telltale signs that you might have just walked into a horror film? Drawing on our Amicus, Hammer, Stephen King knowledge among others, the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST will provide you with clues as to when you have unwittingly stepped front and center into a horror film.

In honor of the Olympic trials, your Blerdsassins Next Door will meet up with you in the OTHERhood at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST to honor the Olympic trials by sharing our favorite Greek mythology-based films!

Who doesn't like cartoons? They filled those hours of afterschool time and Saturday mornings and if you came along in the 90s you got a heapin' helpin' of 24-hour cartoons when Cartoon Network appeared on the scene and it's been a free-for-all every since. Well apparently Me TV is embarking upon its journey into this cartoon chaos! What can we expect that we haven't seen anywhere else; or haven't seen in a while? (https://www.awn.com/news/metv-toons-u.... Join your Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST as we check the list and ponder whether the chosen programming is nostalgia-driven or nausea-inducing.

That's right! It's May the fourth! And what do we discuss on May the fourth... but Star Wars. So tonight the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST will discuss how the 1977 (and all its prequels and sequels) have affected us individually and as a community.

There are rules for different genres, rules for creatures in horror, rules for good guys and bad guys. But when is it okay to bend the rules? We have anti-heroes and sympathetic villains. When is it okay to break the rules with vampires that run around in the sunlight or evil superheroes? Join the Blerdsassins Next Door 8p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST as we discuss whether this is a great expansion or whether we're spreading the genres too thin.

Whether it's comedy, horror, science fiction, fantasy, or drama few things can hook you like a great film opening. Join the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST IN THE OTHERhood to reveal our favorite film openers and to discuss whether the great opener was an indicator of a good film.

Everyone knows a lot about one thing or another and generally will take great care in doing that thing correctly... but not in Hollywood. They'll tell a story not bothering to determine whether a thing is done properly or not. Whether it's a legal drama, a medical comedy, a set up involving real estate that could never happen in real life, and it drives those who know better, bonkers! Join the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9 EST to discuss how Hollywood Got a set up wrong and how we (or you) could have fixed it.

A total solar eclipse is set to occur across several regions in the U.S. on April 8th. Join the Blerdsassins Next Door 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST to discuss the lore behind solar eclipses, and how those of us in the path are preparing, and what songs should be on our solar eclipse play list!

During my childhood, Easter was one of those "six in one hand/ half a dozen in the other" holidays. Yes, there was egg coloring, jelly beans, candy and a few good cartoons! But on the other hand there was wearing the Easter clothes all day that you weren't even allowed to sweat in, wearing the good shoes that were invariably half a size too small by the spring and of course the dreaded straightening comb!! Join us at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST to discuss our Retro Easters, the best and worst!

From Raisin, to the Color Purple, Oliver Twist, Sweeny Todd, even Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell. In entertainment, human beings appear to have a taste for misery and even more so when it's set to music. So join the Blerdsassins Next door in the OTHERhood 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST to discuss the books, plays and tomes that have been converted to the musical format and place wagers on the ones that may appear on the horizon.

We've seen in films and on TV where people, families, or entire communities are depicted as being impoverished or poor. But what does poor look like exactly? Do the depictions change from region to region, from one ethnicity to another? Do Hollywood and the media see poverty through a prism of their own making?Join the Blerdsassins Next door 6p PDT/ 8p CDT/ 9p EDT to discuss the way poverty is portrayed.

The 96th Academy Awards ceremony is a day away and nominees and fans are waiting with 'bated breath to hear those four words... "And the winner is..." But sometimes the name announced is NOT the name we expected to hear. The NYTimes has pulled together their listing of the 25 Biggest Oscar Snubs of All Time. At 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST the Blerdsassins Next Door will take a tour of the NYT listing and discuss why we agree or disagree. https://www.nytimes.com/.../oscar-snubs-history.html...

It's Black Women in Horror Month and over the years we've seen more and more Black Women onscreen. Join the Blerdsassins Next door 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST to share our favorite (and not so favorite) performances of Black Women in TV and film horror. https://flipscreened.com/.../ten-black-and-totally.../ https://www.essence.com/.../14-black-women-horror.../...

With Cord Jefferson's directorial debut, American Fiction on everyone's lips as we approach the Oscars, we would be remiss in not examining Hollywood's history of defining Black Authenticity. Join the Blerdsassins Next Door tonight at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST as we examine the history of Hollywood and how being authentically black has been depicted on the big and small screen.

The firsts, bests and worsts of media from a Black History perspective in music, sports, tv, film and journalism. Join your Blerdsassins Next Door 6p PST/ 8p CST 9p EST 2-17-24 in the OTHERhood to discuss the superlatives in Black History media. Want to create live streams like Discussions From the OTHERhood? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6512521832562688 I'm going live using StreamYard! Before leaving a comment, please grant StreamYard permission to see your name at streamyard.com/facebook

There is no doubt that you have seen a TV show produced in the Norman Lear Universe, the MTM Universe, the Danny Thomas Universe, Matt Groening, or the Filmways/Henning Universe. But which of these universes has truly captured the hearts and minds of the U.S. populace? Which universe has had the most the most lasting effects? Join he Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST as we discuss the battle for the hearts and minds of the U.S. and who has been winning. Want to create live streams like Discussions From the OTHERhood? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6512521832562688 I'm going live using StreamYard! Before leaving a comment, please grant StreamYard permission to see your name at streamyard.com/facebook

From the Wizard of Oz to Inception and Who Shot JR dreams have been a huge part of Hollywood and TV. Join the Blerdsassins Next Door at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST to discuss our favorite and not so favorite media based upon dreams. I'm going live using StreamYard! Before leaving a comment, please grant StreamYard permission to see your name at streamyard.com/facebook

Founder and editor of The New Yorker, Harold Ross infamously said, "Coons are either funny or dangerous." Derogatorily referring to Black people as "coons" makes his bias crystal clear, and he and other so-called captains of media industry of the same mindset were the gatekeepers and sculptors of the American zeitgeist. They controlled/control how we are seen and how others react to us. Although the vast majority of us were not around during the early fifties we've all heard of the Amos and Andy show that was cancelled under protest by among others, the NAACP for harmful portrayals of Black people. Reportedly, Alvin Childress, the actor who portrayed Amos stated that at the time Amos and Andy was the only television show that showed black people as businessmen, policemen, judges and doctors rather than maids or janitors. With decades of perspective are we ready to take an objective look at Amos and Andy. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrFiKcBdCx8... ). Take a look at several episodes then join us in the OTHERhood at 6p PST/ 8p CST/ 9p EST to discuss whether Amos and Andy is Funny or Dangerous. I'm going live using StreamYard! Before leaving a comment, please grant StreamYard permission to see your name at streamyard.com/facebook