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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 04:52 PM
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Are there movies and TV shows you watch over and over
Edited on Mon Apr-17-06 04:53 PM by mandyky
and over and over again?

Dave is about to start on an HBO channel, so I'm gonna DVR it.
I DVRed Remember the Titans last weekend, and have been watching it daily.
I've done the same with Seabiscuit, Pay It Foward, and the TV show Medium.

I love uplifting stuff!

I also was a big fan of Judging Amy and watch the reruns every weekday on TNT. (I think we've gone through them 3 or 4 times now).

OK, fess up and let me know I am not the only compulsive one around here!! :)
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 04:54 PM
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1. Shallow Grave
It's a great film.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 05:05 PM
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2. Arrested Development, Mr. Show, Seinfeld
I love the truly insane comedies like the ones listed above. Although anything with David Cross in it is great!
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asteroid2003QQ47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:20 PM
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3. Reno 911
and Arrested Development!

Oh! Did I mention Reno 911 ? I love you Clemy!
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scarlet_owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:23 PM
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4. Father Ted.
I have the DVD box set and I watch it all the time. I know every episode by heart.
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:20 PM
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28. We quote from it all the time
We've christened the goofy soul/blues singer from American Idol "Father Ted"

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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:27 PM
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5. You are definitely not alone!
I love "Dave", and have watched it a number of times. Some of my other repetitively-watched movies are:

Angels in the Outfield
Love Actually
Walk the Line
Farenheit 9/11
Bowling for Columbine
Sweet Dreams
Coal Miner's Daughter
Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
Remember the Titans
The Rookie

TV shows:

NYPD Blue
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
M*A*S*H (I taped all those episodes and can watch them when ever I want)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (Ditto)
The X Files

There are more, but that's enough for now.
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 10:07 PM
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34. Thanks for the reassurance!
LOL
For me, I just don't like too much violence in movies, so when I find a movie with a message I like, I'll watch it over and over, rather than watch something I'm not sure I'll like.

You mentioned visual "comfort food" further down the thread. That fits!

Oddly with Remember the Titans, I am not a football fan, and I avoided that movie several times. I think I watched it mostly because I like Denzel Washington and Will Patton.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:30 PM
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6. Doctor Who, Married w/Children, Golden Girls, Star Trek TOS, Blake's 7
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Arkham House Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:33 PM
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7. And now for something completely different--
--but eternally the same, eternally fresh...the Python boys...I never tire of them...
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:35 PM
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8. The West Wing. nt
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:38 PM
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9. I never could understand that
My dad watched reruns of Mash every day for a decade. I was like, "Goddamn! Turn it to the ball game. You've seen this stuff a million times."

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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:39 PM
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10. For me, it's like visual and auditory "comfort food"
Yeah, it probably sounds weird, but I love to watch some things over and over again.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:41 PM
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11. Law and Order--i wish there was a L & O channel. As for movies
i would say Caddyshack, Goodfellas and Godfather 1 and 2.
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Arkham House Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:48 PM
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16. Isn't TNT the "Law and Order" channel...?
...just askin'...
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:50 PM
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17. no, USA is the Law and Order Channel.
or NBC.

If you have cable you can watch some version of L&O just about any time of day.
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 10:09 PM
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35. TNT runs the original L & O
USA runs L&O - SVU
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:41 PM
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12. Dish network has just sucked lately. We've been watching "Law And Order"
reruns.
The same damn movies, over and over.
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:41 PM
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13. West Wing, That 70's Show, Malcolm In the Middle, Sex and the City
I'm an insomniac so the last night reruns are wonderful.

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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:42 PM
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14. TV shows=Roseanne
and the Golden Girls

Movie=A whole bunch of them! :)
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:45 PM
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15. Well...
TV shows:
Seinfeld
King of the Hill
The Simpsons

Movies:
Love & Death
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:58 PM
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18. I have a pretty good list:
TV Britcoms first:

Python
Father Ted
Good Neighbors
To the Manor Born
Allo Allo
Are You Being Served
Waiting for God
Vicar of Dibley

and others I just can't remember right this minute

from stateside TV:
when available, MTM, DickVanDyke, MASH, Taxi, WKRP, Night Court and Barney Miller would always entertain me and never bore me...OH YEAH both the Newhart shows too.

I used to watch Hawaii 5-0 reruns too

MOVIES:

Victor,Victoria
The Sting,
Wong Foo
Ferris Beuller
Godfather I & II
Star Wars
LOTR
In the Heat of the Night
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Auntie Mame
The Great RAce
Undercover Blues
Aladdin
ARsenic & Old Lace
Bringing Up Baby
Philadelphia Story
A Christmas Story
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein


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astonamous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 06:58 PM
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19. Any and all of Richard Pryor's Comedy Concert films...
I always hear something that I missed before and I laugh every time.

Trudy
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 07:18 PM
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20. Star Trek, MASH, L&O, Farscape, Seinfeld, Firefly
Edited on Mon Apr-17-06 07:19 PM by YankeyMCC
Movies: Blazing Saddles, LoTR, Casablanca, The Great Escape, Day the Earth Stood still, Forbidden Planet

I think the new BSG will eventually go into that rotation, I don't watch reruns of it very much now. Not sure why, but when a show is in first run I guess I like to savor the anticipation of waiting for new shows as they come.

Forgot: 3 Stooges, Monty Python
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 07:32 PM
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21. I re-watch a lot of TV shows on DVD
I've probably seen the first season of the sopranos about a dozen times. I watch reruns of the Simpsons quite a bit, and when my wife watches the MASH DVDs I'll watch as well, even though I've seen every episode more than once.

For moviews there are several that I'll watch repeatedly, either because I really enjoy them and catch something new each time (like the godfather or fear and loathing in las vegas) or because they still make me laugh (like when harry met sally or blazing saddles) or because they're just comfortable movies to watch when nothing else is on (like finding nemo or Oscar).
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Monkey see Monkey Do Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 08:37 PM
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22. I watch a lot of comedy shows many times over
Edited on Mon Apr-17-06 08:41 PM by Monkey see Monkey Do
Less so recently because I've been building up my DVD collection and picking up a lot of US season DVD's which last me a couple of weeks. If I happen to catch it on TV, I'll always watch Friends, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Father Ted, Men Behaving Badly, One Foot in the Grave, Only Fools and Horses. Cheers, Taxi and The Office (etc, although I'm limited to what's on terrestrial).

TV Shows - I've seen pretty much every episode of Buffy three times and some episodes a lot more. I've been revisiting shows through DVD boxsets, but that doesn't really count as 'over and over and over'

Films - I watch a fair amount of horror and exploitation movies and if I haven't got something new, there's a decent selection of stuff I own to choose from (listing favorite titles would be a little embarassing. I've also been at varying stages in my life completely obsessed with Blue Velvet which I've seen a stupid number of times. At Christmas I always watch Muppets Christmas Carol and It's a Wonderful Life and if I want a bit of action I can always count on John Woo (Hard Boiled and The Killer normally getting my vote).
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 08:46 PM
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23. Love Actually is the big one I watch all the time...
Then Harry Potter, all of the movies over and over, both Kill Bills, Dave, Ocean's 11 and 12, The Breakfast Club...I could go on and on.
Duckie
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 08:48 PM
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24. I watch old episodes of ER over and over again.
It never gets old. I tivo'd "Remember the Titans" too! And I will always tune into "Pretty in Pink".
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ldf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:00 PM
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25. no. i don't do repeats.
i DID rewatch the entire babylon 5 series, plus movies.

but that was about 5 years after they were on teevee.

if it has been long enough that i have forgotten key elements of the story, then i may consider it.

which is why i HATE to watch House Hunters. geez! they show the same damn show at least 50 or 60 times. (ok, i may exagerate a little...)

i have to get up and leave the room, since partner has NO PROBLEM AT ALL watching things he was already seen MANY times. (like lucy, honeymooners, leave it to beaver, every movie from the 30s, 40s AND 50s, etc.) plus this last week, ALL the JESUS movies. AND I'M AN ATHEIST!!! i could have SCREAMED. so i spent a lot of time reading du. :-)

:grr:
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:12 PM
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26. a few...
as far as movies go:Conan the barbarian, Gladiator, Troy, Sin City, and ANY comic book movie, like superman, xmen, spiderman....:)

As far as tv shows:Star Trek orignal series, X-Files, and Smallville...
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:17 PM
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27. The Simpsons and All in the Family on tee vee.
DVD versions of Ghost World/The Big Lebowski/Network.
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:23 PM
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29. Tombstone and (ironically) Groundhog Day
TV shows we both love are Deadwood, Buffy, and Father Ted

My SO watches Quantum Leap, I Claudius, and Monty Python over and over and over.
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:23 PM
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30. The Godfather, Reno 911 and The Golden Girls.
I don't know what it is about the Golden Girls, but I never get tired of watching the reruns.
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serryjw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:25 PM
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31. M*A*S*H
I've seen every episode a dozen times. I have seen Pretty Woman, American President & Shawshank a several dozen times each
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:27 PM
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32. Drawn Together, neon genesis evangelion, and The royal tenebaums
Good stuff
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:36 PM
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33. Monk...Law & Order SVU...Star Trek TOS....
Edited on Mon Apr-17-06 09:37 PM by ikojo
Dr Who

Star Wars Sith
Star Wars New Hope
Empire

LOTR ROTK
LOTR Fellowship

Yentl
Fiddler on the Roof

Napoleon Dynamite
National Treasure

Just to name a few....

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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 10:13 PM
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36. A bunch of stuff...
Edited on Mon Apr-17-06 10:13 PM by primate1
Probably a few too many movies to list, but TV shows:

Twin Peaks
Carnivale
Black Books
Lost
The Young Ones
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
Riget (Danish miniseries)
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judaspriestess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 10:15 PM
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37. Tombstone
Flirting with Disaster
History of the World part 1
Harold and Kumar go to white castle

those are a few :)
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MiniMandaRuth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 10:16 PM
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38. The old Law and Orders, before they started switching the actors around,
and there were still good plots. Great stuff :)
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 10:17 PM
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39. Firefly
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