Early Monday morning, my thought is that we try to stick with authenticity, with the option to swap in syndicated programming (year appropriate) when The Real Thing can't be obtained or is in terrible quality.
Also had a thought, not a make-or-break thing, BUT: If we could keep the entire watch-along centered on one season/year (86/87, for example), I could prepare a "In The News" post for the Thursday or Friday night before the watch-along with some background information to lend detail to the event. "It's 1988! Margaret Thatcher has just been re-appointed for an unheard of third term as Prime Minister of England! The Iran Contra Hearings and Colonel Oliver North are on every channel denying that anybody knew we were selling weapons! Commercials for the movie "Moonstruck" (starring Cher) flood the airwaves, and the TV show "Thirtysomething" comes along to invent and define the new television category of "Hour Long Dramedy".
It would be longer than that, but you get the idea ;)
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Date: 2013-05-20 02:54 pm (UTC)Also had a thought, not a make-or-break thing, BUT: If we could keep the entire watch-along centered on one season/year (86/87, for example), I could prepare a "In The News" post for the Thursday or Friday night before the watch-along with some background information to lend detail to the event. "It's 1988! Margaret Thatcher has just been re-appointed for an unheard of third term as Prime Minister of England! The Iran Contra Hearings and Colonel Oliver North are on every channel denying that anybody knew we were selling weapons! Commercials for the movie "Moonstruck" (starring Cher) flood the airwaves, and the TV show "Thirtysomething" comes along to invent and define the new television category of "Hour Long Dramedy".
It would be longer than that, but you get the idea ;)