VideoFuzzy

Terry J. Aman

I'm a media packrat. My collection of VHS recordings began in the '80s and at one point filled five storage shelves in my home. Over the years, I've transferred these hundreds of tapes onto 2,500+ DVDs. This podcast tracks my progress in cataloging them, keeping an eye on my current viewing habits as well. Happy viewing! read less
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Episodes

Ep. 94: Into Every Generation
30-06-2024
Ep. 94: Into Every Generation
Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman, marking my 94th episode of VideoFuzzy, reporting the progress I've made in cataloging thousands of VHS transfers and digital recordings, and with this installment, titled "Into Every Generation," I celebrate seven years of doing so. Helping to mark the occasion, in my Fuzzy Feature I chatted with longtime friend and friend of the pod Marc Bailey, also known as Grailwolf, to talk about the 1992 release of Joss Whedon's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," the FX presentation of which turned up on disc 1604 in my classic collection. We talked about the movie, the TV series it gave rise to, the spinoff of "Angel" and the comic series, as well as other Whedon projects, and farther reaching ramifications of the production. In honor of this film turning up in my cataloging project, I have expanded the mystical center of my media collection to include Joss Whedon productions, in my newly renamed Joss Under Murph Studios Challenge, linking shows in my collection through "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," "Six Feet Under," Ryan Murphy productions and/or Joss Whedon productions. A few connections become quite a bit clearer and just make more sense with the acknowledgement of this expansion, which suggests it was a de facto center all along. In Cross Connections I explore some of the impacts of this expansion, certainly through my Fond Reflection farewell to the movie Buffy's Watcher character Merrick, played by Donald Sutherland. I trace other connections through "Criminal Minds," "The Closer," "NUMB3RS" and a two-part "Alice in Wonderland"-themed Syfy miniseries starring Caterina Scorsone titled "Alice." In my Classic VHS-to-DVD Collection, for this set covering discs 1601 through 1625, I talked about a significant second-season episode of "Rescue Me," a documentary recounting 40 years of the Broadway production of "Hair," the pilot epiosde of "Criminal Minds," Syfy's miniseries "Alice," and a bunch of episodes from "Arrested Devleopment," "South Park," "The Simpsons" and "24," alongside a bunch of music videos as well as the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, hosted by ... oh. Sean "Puffy" Combs. In my Current direct-to-digital recordings, I talk about Pat Sajak stepping down form hosting duties on "Wheel of Fortune," podcaster Terry Geo's 2023 stage production of "Blink: A One-Man Gay Rom-Com," that link available here: https://bit.ly/45DbBeV and a spoiler-y look back at the first season finale of "Doctor Who," which I include at the very end of the show in case you're still avoiding spoilers. TOP TWELVE: Here's a "Top Twelve" episode guide for people looking for a quick read-in on this blog and podcast effort: https://videofuzzy.libsyn.com/about. Enjoy!
Ep. 93: Trudy's Gift
28-05-2024
Ep. 93: Trudy's Gift
Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman, marking my 93rd episode of VideoFuzzy, reporting the progress I've made in cataloging thousands of VHS transfers and digital recordings. In my Fuzzy Feature, I talk about the two-part series finale of "Monk," which turned up in my cataloging efforts this time. In Cross Connections I traced ties through "Monk," "Fringe" and "Moonlighting," and highlighted Golden Thread connections with Larry Clarke and Sharon Lawrence. In my Classic Collection (VHS-to-DVD), cataloging discs 1576 to 1600, I found where I'd appeared on local noon shows promoting community theater, clip posted to VideoFuzzy's Instagram. Also, "Fringe" – both here and in my Current Collection – "Medium" "Monk," "Criminal Minds" "Prison Break" and "NUMB3RS" and animated shows like "American Dad," "Venture Brothers," "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law" and "Tom Goes to the Mayor." I found some racy commercials and talk about the marketing concept of "floym." Plus, music videos (check out Jack Johnson's 2005 "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" here: https://bit.ly/3WFdK7q) and episodes of "The Twilight Zone." In my Current Collection, I added a BUNCH of material this time including I already mentioned "Fringe" up there, I added seasons 4 and 5 to my collection, plus the entire series of "Moonlighting" and a couple different ties to "Medium" and "Fringe." Plus comments on "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans," "Spider-Man: No Way Home," "The Batman," Alanis Morrisette's recent turn on "Austin City Limits," and more from the new season of "Doctor Who." I close out with a couple unique productions. I explore the Indigo Girls' 1995 VHS release "Watershed: 10 Years of Underground Video" callback to sister podcast "VideoFuzzy the Soundtrack" Ep. 10: Caramia, some of the cool things I found there. Then my hubby, Ralph, and I recently took in the "Wheel of Fortune LIVE" production at Prairie Knights Casino and Lodge with cohosts Bob Goen and Daisy Wang and announcer Cody Dove, who was really leaning into that "Better Call Saul" credit. It was a great time and they put on a fun show. TOP TWELVE: Here's a "Top Twelve" episode guide for people looking for a quick read-in on this blog and podcast effort: https://videofuzzy.libsyn.com/about. Enjoy!
Ep. 92: Reunion
17-03-2024
Ep. 92: Reunion
Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman marking my 92nd episode of VideoFuzzy, reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 3,000 VHS transfers and digital recordings. My Fuzzy Feature for this installment, titled "Reunion," I talk about the first four entries I found in that 2005 FOX series. I also share Book Reports on new releases "The Fury" by Alex Michaelides and "The Busy Body," the long-anticipated debut murder mystery by "All About Agatha" podcast host Kemper Donovan. Both are fun reads in very different ways and both come highly recommended. Kemper's podcast "All About Agatha" can be found on Apple Podcasts at https://bit.ly/43j4hnB  With my Classic Collection, cataloging discs 1551 through 1575, I officially have fewer than 1,000 discs to catalog in my classic collection. In this set I found the first episode of "The Tonight Show" aired following the news of Johnny Carson's death in 2005. Also, several music videos and late night show clips, Tim Daly's private eye drama "Eyes," and episodes of "Desperate Housewives," "Grey's Anatomy," "Alias," "LOST" and "Fringe," and an "Ugly Betty" where Justin's class elects him homecoming queen as a joke, but he takes the win in a totally unexpected direction. In my Current Collection I dig into the "Doctor Who" 60-year anniversary specials — and oh yes, there will be spoilers. Also, "Death and Other Details," "Fargo," "Surrealestate," "Feud: Truman Capote and the Swans," "Moonlighting," "Obituary" and "The Floor." In What I've Been Watching, I've taken in the Capitol Shakespeare production of "The Importance of Being Earnest" as well as a couple of movies: "Argylle" and "Wonka." Fun! TOP TWELVE: Here's a "Top Twelve" episode guide for people looking for a quick read-in on this blog and podcast effort: https://videofuzzy.libsyn.com/about. Enjoy!
PROMO: Ep. 92: Reunion
14-03-2024
PROMO: Ep. 92: Reunion
Hi, I'm Terry J. Aman, host of "VideoFuzzy," my blog and affiliated podcast slowly making my way through my media collection and sharing it with all of you. Changing things up a bit for episode 92, I wanted to step back and celebrate a fellow podcaster, from "All About Agatha," host Kemper Donovan's debut murder mystery "The Busy Body." A longtime student of the form, it's easy to tell the close read he's taken with the works of queen of crime Agatha Christie, combining what inspiration he's found there with modern twists like selfies, influencers and Kickstarter campaigns for a truly uncanny adventure drawing a plucky presidential hopeful and her ghostwriter into a murder investigation. Together with episodes of "Reunion," remembering Johnny Carson and from hulu, "Death and Other Details," I talk about multiweek USA Today bestseller "The Busy Body" as well as mystery novel "The Fury" by Alex Michaelides in this, my latest entry, a mystery-themed episode of "VideoFuzzy," available wherever you get your podcasts. VideoFuzzy - Blog link: https://videofuzzy.blogspot.com  VideoFuzzy - Podcast link: https://videofuzzy.libsyn.com Episodes of VideoFuzzy: The Podcast can be found here: https://bit.ly/39IsQ2h Episodes of VideoFuzzy: The Video can be found here: https://bit.ly/3kGl3by TOP TWELVE: Here's a "Top Twelve" episode guide for people looking for a quick read-in on this blog and podcast effort: https://videofuzzy.libsyn.com/about Enjoy! 🙃
Ep. 90: Death Rattle DAZZLE!
31-10-2023
Ep. 90: Death Rattle DAZZLE!
Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 90th episode of VideoFuzzy, reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 3,000 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Death Rattle DAZZLE," I talk about the third season of hulu's "Only Murders in the Building" with friend and fellow fan of the show Brad Johnson of Pittsburgh. In Cross Connections I explore principal cast members Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez, and trace connections from "24," "Monk," "Alias" and "Accidentally on Purpose." In Fond Reflections I mark the passing of Matthew Perry. In my Classic Collection cataloging discs 1501 through 1525, I found episodes of "Prison Break," "Kitchen Confidential," "Arrested Development," "Revelations: Omnium Finis Imminet," "The Prisoner," a bunch of commercials for citi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PrM2ZxL-tQ), Eclipse gum (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuOJy3wmngA), Smirnoff Ice (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv9V0Nb1lfY) and UNO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSaCb2i2ZGo). Also, highlights on my methodology for cataloging detailed through "FlashForward" and "LOST." In my Current Collection I talk about my viewing of the "Mission: Impossible" trilogy, the live action series "One Piece," "The Umbrella Academy," "Don't Look Up," the fifth season of "Arrested Development," "The Pentaverate," "Vivarium," "Lucky Hank" and "Found." I also touch on the memorial service we held for my dad, that service archived here: https://bit.ly/3s4Qmn3 In What I've Been Watching I talk about movies I saw flying to and from a recent vacation including "No Hard Feelings," "The Prestige" and "Spoiler Alert," closing with a By the Numbers stats update on my cataloging efforts. TOP ELEVEN: Here's a "Top Eleven" episode guide for people looking for a quick read-in on this blog and podcast effort: https://videofuzzy.libsyn.com/about. Enjoy!
Ep. 89: Forever Freestyle
17-08-2023
Ep. 89: Forever Freestyle
Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this totally '80s installment marks my 89th episode of VideoFuzzy, reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 3,000 VHS transfers and digital recordings. This installment, titled "Forever Freestyle," celebrates probably the broadest timeline covered by my classic and current collections, featuring material from every decade between 1930 and 2020. My Fuzzy Feature highlights the 1980s miniseries, network series and the 2009 reboot of "V," including a contemporary clip from my "TV is the New Reading" podcast. I track some Cross Connections through the casts of the original and the reboot such as Jossverse connections to Morena Baccarin, Alan Tudyk and Gina Torres and original series connections through Michael Mantell and Richard T. Jones. A flashback episode of "My Name is Earl" featured an appearance by long-acknowledged Golden Thread Beau Bridges as Carl Hickey. And several arterial connections showed up in "Mercy" including Michelle Trachtenberg, Jane Mulgrew and Elisabeth Moss; "Boston Legal" including Jane Lynch, Megan Mullally and Prime Connector Stephen Tobolowsky with William Shatner, Rene Auberjonois and Armin Shimerman. In my Classic Collection, cataloging discs 1476 through 1500, I encountered an ad for a two-disc set packed with '80s dance hits called "Forever Freestyle." You can see the ad here: https://youtu.be/ZDNlUl706Ls Based on finding it in my collection I added the songs in that compilation to my music collection. Also, I found one of two German-language episodes of "Monty Python's Fliegende Zirkus," the Bravo rebroadcast of "Six Feet Under" episode "Eat a Peach," and a Lexus ad featuring some brilliant stage-management tagged "The safest accident is the one that never happens." You can see that one here: https://youtu.be/Xw3-hOE3l8M Plus comments on "Hamlet 2," "The Prisoner," "The Ninth Gate," "CATS," "The Riches," "Fringe," Ellen hosting the Oscars, a documentary on the 2008 presidential election called "By the People: The Election of Barack Obama" and the 1952 movie "Desk Set." In my Current Collection I talk about the "BoJack Horseman" finale and connections between that and the final season of "Six Feet Under." Also, comments on "Quantumania," "Soup to Nuts," "Michael Shayne, Private Eye" and the third season premiere of "Only Murders in the Building." In What I've Been Watching, comments on "Elemental," "Barbie" and "Grace & Frankie," as well as "Project Runway" and "Crime Scene Kitchen." And in my streaming selections, I took in the series premiere of Nathan Pyle's "Strange Planet" on Apple TV. Fun show! TOP ELEVEN: Here's a "Top Eleven" episode guide for people looking for a quick read-in on this blog and podcast effort: https://videofuzzy.libsyn.com/about. Enjoy!
Ep. 88: Psyched Out
23-06-2023
Ep. 88: Psyched Out
Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 88th episode of VideoFuzzy, reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 3,000 VHS transfers and digital recordings. This installment, titled "Psyched Out," fulfills a promise I made years ago, Oct. 2019, in "Ep. 56: Embrace the Deception." This promise was renewed a couple episodes back when a long-awaited first-season episode of "Psych" turned up in my cataloging. That is, the first half of it appeared. My cataloging for this set turned up the second half of that episode, to wit, "Cloudy With a Chance of Murder." I'd already long since added the eighth-season do-over, titled "Remake: AKA Cloudy With a Chance of Improvement" to my current collection. So when the second half of the original turned up, I was able to pull them both up for a long ago promised compare and contrast. And since this installment also marks six years of VideoFuzzy, I took another road trip to Minot to visit my friend Kirk Nybakken to celebrate, take in both episodes back to back and discuss them. I track some Cross Connections through the casts of "Psych," "Six Feet Under," "Bones," "Commander in Chief" and "Killer Instinct" and trace a Golden Thread through my collection with the work of Zjelko Ivanek. In my Classic Collection, cataloging discs 1451 through 1475, along with the remainder of that "Psych" episode I found a whole lot of series recordings with concentrations of "Battlestar Galactica," "Bones," "NUMB3RS," "Six Feet Under" and "24," as well as "The Prisoner" and "Monty Python's Flying Circus." Also, the 78th Annual Oscars celebration, hosted by Jon Stewart, and a bunch of music videos. In my Current Collection I archived the latter seasons of "BoJack Horseman," and took in the Amazon Films production of "The Goldfinch." And under What I've Been Watching, Ralph stood me to a production of "The Machine," which was ridiculous fun. TOP ELEVEN: Here's a "Top Eleven" episode guide for people looking for a quick read-in on this blog and podcast effort: https://videofuzzy.libsyn.com/about. Enjoy! 🙃
Ep. 86: Everything Comes Down to Scrubs
10-03-2023
Ep. 86: Everything Comes Down to Scrubs
Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 86th episode of VideoFuzzy, reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 3,000 VHS transfers and digital recordings. For this installment, titled "Everything Comes Down to Scrubs," I chat about the "My Musical" episode of "Scrubs," which turned up on Disc 1413. In Cross-Connections I talk about the Studio Murphy Under connections for "Scrubs" and for Stephanie d'Abruzzo, who played the patient at the center of that episode. In my Classic Collection, I talk about the pilot episodes of "Dirt" and "Star Trek: Enterprise," with comments on second-season episodes of "Sons of Anarchy" and "The Prisoner" from 1967 British television. In my Current Collection, I talk about developments in the third season of "Kung Fu" on the CW, and a whole bunch of movies I watched including "Hannah and Her Sisters," "Happy Death Day" and "Happy Death Day 2U," "A Clockwork Orange," "Team America: World Police," "The Devil and Miss Jones," "Gemini Man," "Pressure Point," "Uptown Saturday Night," "Yolanda and the Thief," "Moon," "I Origins," and "Call Me By Your Name." And in What I've Been Watching, we took in "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish," and I streamed "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" and "Bird Box." I also watched the fifth-season premiere of "Black Mirror" and the pilot episode of "Stranger Things." If you haven't already, check out my companion podcast "VideoFuzzy the Soundtrack," and my catalog entries at videofuzzy.blogspot.com, and don't forget to add, subscribe or follow VideoFuzzy wherever you get your podcasts. You can contact me through the site or email me directly at tjaman1970@yahoo.com, or through my VideoFuzzy pages on Facebook or Instagram.
Ep. 85: The Dresden Files
30-12-2022
Ep. 85: The Dresden Files
Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 85th episode of VideoFuzzy, reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 3,000 VHS transfers and digital recordings. For this installment, titled "The Dresden Files," I found the first couple episodes of that SyFy Channel series, and knowing him to be a fan of the book series it was based on, I called longtime friend and friend of the show Marc Bailey, also known as Grailwolf, to share some of his thoughts on the television production. I talk Studio Murphy Under connections with Paul Blackthorne and Valerie Cruz, other cross connections with James Cromwell, Jim Parsons and Xavier Grillo Marxauch, and identify Kathy Najimy as a Golden Thread in my production. My Classic Collection VHS-to-DVD discussion explored discs 1376-1400 and I chat about "NUMB3RS," "Dollhouse" and the fourth-season premiere of "Six Feet Under," as well as songs by The Fratelli's "Flathead" at https://youtu.be/Fz2ZDeTYgTs, Travis' "Love Will Come Through" at https://youtu.be/gKvxLP7TMLI and a little conversation on Black Lab's "This Night" at https://youtu.be/kmz7mV1WavA. Then in my Current Collection, direct to digital, I talk about "Kung Fu," the Jan. 6 Hearings and "American Horror Story: NYC," where I find I have some thoughts about the portrayal of the fetish community in at least the first couple few episodes of that show. Errors, Fond Reflections and in my What I've Been Watching segment, I talked about "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."
Ep. 84: The Lost Room
18-10-2022
Ep. 84: The Lost Room
Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 84th episode of VideoFuzzy, reporting the progress I've made in cataloging more than 3,000 VHS transfers and digital recordings. For this installment, titled "The Lost Room," I found the 2006 SciFi Channel miniseries by that name starring Peter Krause and Julianna Margulies, it's one of my favorites, seriously fun find. I talk Studio Murphy Under connections, other cross connections and identify Ray Wise as a Golden Thread in my production. My Classic Collection VHS-to-DVD discussion explored discs 1351-1375 and I highlight the MTV Video Music Awards for 2009, including a tribute to the late Michael Jackson, which then gave me an opportunity to highlight Spike Lee's 2020 reimagination of his 1995 video for "They Don't Care About Us," that link here: https://youtu.be/PoEa9bzeTu0. I also talk about the chill vibe and snapshot of history that is the Red Hot Chili Peppers' video for "Snow (Hey Oh)," that link right here: https://youtu.be/yuFI5KSPAt4 Then in my Current Collection, direct to digital, I talk about the series finales of "Better Call Saul" and "Kevin Can F Himself," with comments on "Only Murders in the Building," "The Premise," "American Horror Stories," "Reboot," "The Patient" and "Kung Fu." And in my What I've Been Watching segment, I had dueling Scaletta recommendations for "Ted Lasso" and "The Morning Show," both AppleTV productions, and I was disappointed by the Agatha Christie-themed period mystery, "See How They Run." While that production fell a bit flat, it set the stage to congratulate the "All About Agatha" podcast for completing its stated goal of reviewing and ranking all 66 full-length mystery novels by Agatha Christie. The entire run is available, check that out at https://apple.co/3F0Kpc7. Otherwise, I touch on why this episode has been so long in the making, lots of projects going on here. In July I was in a play, Capitol Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor," you can see that at https://youtu.be/0V-FBNK9QwE?t=1156 and https://youtu.be/icLT5uQydBc. In other distractions, we had a pipe burst in our basement, I built a cabinet, I made a scrapbook, and I've been fussing with my music collection some in anticipation of launching a sister podcast to this effort. It's going to take some doing, but I talk about it after my closing: "VideoFuzzy: The Soundtrack." I hope to have an introductory post put together for that shortly. Cheers! TOP ELEVEN: Here's a "Top Eleven" episode guide for people looking for a quick read-in on this blog and podcast effort: https://videofuzzy.libsyn.com/about Enjoy! 🙃