2024.12.24: Black Widower

Burnie and Ashley discuss rural Scotland holiday hours, work/life/holiday balance, broke math, forced Boomer nostalgia, Christmas movies, weird transitions for media, 80s NFL broadcasts vs NFL Films, pan and scan, motion smoothing, Q vs Q, Black Doves, Hawkeye, Lady Avengers, edible glitter, the gift card economy, and being “hard to buy for.”
  
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The Gift of Audio

• Audible Plus Catalogue | Audible.co.uk

Gift Cards

• The economics of unused gift cards – The Hustle

Boomer Nostalgia

• A Christmas Story (1983) Official Trailer #1 – Family Comedy
• Home Alone (1990) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers
• We’re the “Sticky Bandits” (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York – 1992)

Motion Smoothing

• What is Motion Smoothing on a TV, and Why Do People Hate It?

Old Video Graphics

• Redskins @ Dolphins Super Bowl XVII
• The Championship Chase: 1974 NFL Season HD
• Pan and scan – Wikipedia
• 18 Times Movies Just Weren’t Great At Hiding Their Equipment
• 16:9 Aspect Ratio Errors : r/buffy
• Woman finds mistake in Friends that ‘you can only see on a widescreen TV’ – Entertainment – LADbible

Black Doves

• Q (Star Trek) – Wikipedia
• SKYFALL | 007 Meets Q – Daniel Craig, Ben Whishaw | James Bond
• Black Doves | Official Trailer | Netflix
• Watch Black Doves | Netflix Official Site
• Hawkeye (TV Mini Series 2021) – IMDb
• All Kingpin Scenes – Hawkeye Episode 6
• Marvel Studios’ Hawkeye | Official Trailer | Disney+

Black Widower

• Eleven Little Roosters – Episode 4: The Most Dangerous Game

Edible Glitter

• How to make a Gold Edible Glitter Drink
• 10 Best Glitter Cocktails to Drink
• Very Merry Ornamentini