Carl Binder

@BaronDestructo Big yes.

Honey Butter Toast? Yes/No

@BaronDestructo Season 4. Man, we had fun!

What was your favorite season of Stargbate: Atlantis and why?

@210twix @janeseymourreal No. Just one of the writer/producers. Beth Sullivan was showrunner.

@cpbinder were you the #showrunnner for @janeseymourreal #DrQuinnMedicineWoman ?

@BaronDestructo @L0rdMoore And Swiss Chalet!

@L0rdMoore The Coffe Crisp, Caramilk, Crispy Crunch, Big Turk, Eat-More, Wunderbar, Jersey Milk, Aero, Crunchie, and Smarties are all under federal protection.

We must defend Canada from invasion! And since no one owns any guns, everybody needs to start sharpening their hockey sticks!

What is the greatest scene that takes place in an elevator?

@Juliemcniven 😂 I love this so much.

Currently potty training my almost 3 yr old. Places he’s pooped -coffee table -floor behind the Paw Patrol Tower -floor by the kitchen door -library in his pants -playground in his pants -library in his pants -YMCA in his pants -toilet Where will he poop today?

@BaronDestructo 😂

@cpbinder Oooooooooh, Mr. Stargate Expert over here.

Our Twilight Zone rewatch continues with... Episode 30, "A Stop at Willougby" This episode was first broadcast May 6, 1960. Originally, this episode was conceived as a one hour pilot for The Twilight Zone but was subsequently shelved. Serling eventually dusted it off, rewrote it, and ended up producing is as a half hour episode. The Willoughby exterior was actually a set built for Meet Me in St. Louis and later used for the opening and closing scenes of Who Shot Liberty Valance. Early in his career, Rod Serling took the train ride from Ohio to New York, passing through Willoughby, Cleveland. Willoughby, Ohio holds an annual neighborhood festival, called "Last Stop: Willoughby" in honor of this episode. This episode was the inspiration for the movie For All Time starring Mark Harmon as a man who travels back to the end of the 19th century. Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner acknowledged this episode's influence on his work, Don Draper's life in particular, but also a later episode of The Sopranos in which a comatose Tony Sopranos dreams he is a salesman who is asked to leave his briefcase behind in order to move on to the afterlife. In the Stargate: Atlantis episode "Before I Sleep", Dr. Weir awakens in the Willoughby State Hospital where she is informed that the last two years of her life on Atlantis were a hallucination. When I asked Carl Binder (@cpbinder), the writer of this episode, about it he responded: "Not a coincidence! That’s one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes." Actor James Daley was Serling's first choice to play the part of Gart Williams when "A Stop at Willoughby" was originally slated to be the Twilight Zone pilot. Later, when the script got a second life, Serling reached out to secure Daley's participation. Daley was the father of actress Tyne Daly and an actor Tim Daly. He began his career on Broadway before transitioning to television, guesting as the near-immortal Flint in the Stark Trek episode "Requiem for Methuselah", and appearing in 170 episodes of Medical Center. Shortly after completing work on Roots: The New Generation, he died of a heart attack at age 59. Jason Wingreen, who played the part of the modern-day conductor, may be familiar to sci-fi fans as Federation Dr. Linke on the original Star Trek as well as the original voice of bounty hunter Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back. In recollecting his time shooting "A Stop at Willoughby": “I thought this was a terrific episode. Serling wrote the script and I had a feeling that he was getting something off his chest.  He was being bedeviled by the CBS brass, the big shots.  They wanted something from him that he wasn’t able to or willing to do , so he was kind of getting [back] at them.  He made Howard Smith, whole played the boss, a really miserable human being.  He said, “Push-push-push, Williams.  Push!”  Rod Serling was getting even I think." Shades of Brigadoon, the magical town in the Scottish Highlands that appears for one every 100 years! This episode also echoes a familiar theme from past episodes, most notably "Walking Distance" and "A World of Difference", stories in which our protagonist yearns for a simpler life afforded him by an alternate, magical world. But whereas, in "Walking Distance", he could only visit and it was unclear whether the alternate reality of "A World of Difference" was a hallucination or not, the Willoughby in which our hero seeks refuge is definitely something much darker. I'm loving this rewatch because I have forgotten most of these episodes so the ending to this one was a real gut punch. My first reaction was disappointment as I really loved the idea of Gary Williams finding refuge in a place outside of spacetime, but as I pondered over that final match dissolve over the Willoughby & Son Funeral Home, I had to admit - it was pretty brilliant and perfectly Twilight Zone. All in all, definitely one of my favorites of this rewatch to date. So what did you all think? How high would you rate this episode on our rewatch? Tomorrow, we enter the stretch run of our first season rewatch with Episode 31, "The Chaser", about a guy who goes to unusual lengths to win the love of a woman.

@Whoatedmycookie @BaronDestructo Agreed!

@BaronDestructo One of my favourites of all time. Absolutely adore it

"What's a TV show you loved that only lasted a season or two?"

@BaronDestructo Love this show!

#CrimeBinge Slow Horses (2022 - ) Season 3 Following a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents -- and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb -- as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

@BaronDestructo I was like that watching The Banshees of Inisherin. Cut off your fingers, fine. But kill the donkey, I'm out.

23 seconds. That's the record for the quickest I've given up on a show. In this case, the pilot episode opens with a dog being flung off a building. And I'm out.

what’s a tv show that has a perfect pilot episode

@BaronDestructo I remember you really let me have it when I used the word "addicting." I'm still struggling to recover.

Things I Hate: Truffle oil Liquid smoke Meetings Result writing Foodie influencers who "cheers" with their food Politicians People who fawn over politicians on twitter People who use "addicting" over "addictive" Currants or raisins in my chocolate The latest thing

@BaronDestructo Loved this show!

#CrimeBinge Happy Valley (2014-2023) Season One Yorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.

@ATRightMovies @joshuathehull Incredible? No. Pretentious? Yes.

A page from the screenplay for NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU. How incredible is this? From: @joshuathehull

Best ghost movie of all time? I'll start:

@BaronDestructo So sorry, Joe. Sending our love to you and Akemi.

Suji's last outing We went for burgers and then she had chicken when she came home

@BaronDestructo Yes.

Sausage Double-Double? Yes/No foodbeast.com/news/heres-you…

What's your favourite comedy performance in a film?