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Don’t have to—
Lowell Bergman, the producer who MADE 60 Minutes a cultural legend in the 70’s-early 80’s, eventually jumped network ship for PBS in the late 80’s, where he made Frontline the series that every Republican wanted to defund.

If you’re looking for “the” 60 Minutes, it went there.
It’s not bleeding, why are you applying an emergency Turkey-Net?
Soaring stríngs and brassy French horns CREATED the John Barry sound in old-school 007.

Sorely missed when George Martin and Marvin Hamlisch tried their hands at Bond scores, just because they wrote/arranged the title song.
On the bright side, Dr. Seuss specials of varying quality means more viewers will see the “real” Allen Sherman 70’s Cat in the Hat before that unfunny overbearing CGI pest arrives next year.

If only we could have been so lucky with the Lorax. 😔
I only watched Seth during the Lockdown, until I got tired of watching Seth rambling, filling airtime, and laughing endlessly with flop sweat at his own jokes while mercilessly extending his own pop imitation of what Trump was supposed to sound like…

…Oh, yeah.
See what you mean. 😅
Do we have to turn EVERY iconic 80’s poster into 00’s Drew Struzan cast-representation class pictures?
Ah, the 80’s, when you could wander into a dark place and be in danger of being eaten by a grue.
Oh, by all means, Andy.
Stoke our mental images of Rudy Giulani.

Our icon of stable leadership. 😂
Nice word, except it’s not “treason”, it’s Insurrection. You know, like last time.

Treason only applies to foreign dealings.
“But what about Putin?”
That’s just Stupidity and Gullibility, which unfortunately aren’t even misdemeanors.
“Gay collie”?? 🤨

Oh, don’t worry, they ALL hump your leg in spring, it’s normal for dogs! 😅
Remember, Veganism is all about caring! 😊🫶

🙄
But that they could “survive” while continuing to enjoy their three-minute egg in the morning, on a household budget. 🍳
(And have you see the price of Lucky Charms?? 😱)
And sometimes they hang them too.

🙄

Now go put that hand to more appropriate use: 🤦‍♂️
Yes, seems to be 52 episodes, as I later discovered finding them on Archive-dot-org…Duh. 😳

And some Destinos, but hard to tell if they have it complete.
We have no shortage of bad telenovelas, but not all of them designed for the beginning learner.
PBS used to air an immersive soap opera for learning French, with a professor host offering context.

Never got to watch enough episodes in order for it to stick, but I’ve been looking for the whole thing ever since:
youtu.be/gDtCVr-1K-Q
Robert and Mireille Meet in French in Action Leçon 02 Subtitles
YouTube video by French Connection
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If you took French in high school, you were sure to run into a lot of Asterix, Tintin and The Little Prince.

I ended up taking Spanish, we didn’t have any interesting practice comics. 🙁
No, he jokes troll wars like the sixth-grade Internet geek his brain is still rooted in—
And then, when his base and Fox News fawn over every statement he makes, his ego kicks in and doubles and triples down.

See, that’s the problem with his MAGA base:
Angry people tend to be extremely gullible. 🙄
WE

GET

IT. 🤦‍♂️

And until the midterms there’s precious little we can DO about a lot of selfish suburbans’ buyer’s-regret except prepare for battle.

Look, WE don’t throw troll tantrums about Carney rolling over and letting Trump tickle his belly so he could end trade wars, do we?
Okay, so we do.
And only one was left to tell the tale…. 🐋

(Ray Bradbury and John Huston got it.)
- You are out of the woods
- You are out of the dark
- You are out of the night

Command?

> step into sun

- The sun is in the sky

> step into light
Have you ever USED pepper spray?

I was in a store where police had pepper sprayed a violent suspect an hour earlier, and the pepper was still so choking heavy in the air, store staff was handing out Covid masks and bottled water for customers. 😝
If it were exposed that ICE is being mismanaged and in danger of dissolution, Kristi might lose her really cool and badass-looking hat.
Or, as the saying goes:
“Ever get stuck at the end of the line at the groceries or DMV that you know isn’t moving, and when someone else gets behind you, you immediately feel BETTER? 🤔”