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Just watched a Very Murray Christmas.

How does it compare to Bill Murray of three decades ago?

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It was stupid and silly and self absorbed. But somehow utterly charming.

It's on my list closer to Xmas. One of
my fave Xmas shows in one Frank
and Dean did with their fam's in
the mid 60's. I think it's on Nflix.
It's stupid and silly, bit that's the
point of a Xmas show.

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How does it compare to Bill Murray of three decades ago?

Always good about a week before Xmas.
Then Xmas Story the day of.

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How does it compare to Bill Murray of three decades ago?

Very different kettle of fish... much more knowing. Had no idea what would be in it, but it kinda hits the formula for a Christmas special, but in a way Bill Murray would do.

Has a brilliant ensemble cast. Especially Jenny Lewis from Rilo Kiley. Except for one actor whose known to be good but is kinda creepy and misplaced in his extended cameo.

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Except for one actor whose known to be good but is kinda creepy and misplaced in his extended cameo.

Has to be Clooney, who is always kind of
creepy. He's in a commercial about coffee
now and is creepy deluxe. I've heard in
real life he has an awful temper. He loves
to play practical jokes on friends, but Brad
Pitt say never play one on Clooney, he'll
kill you.

Knew you'd guess who I meant...

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Knew you'd guess who I meant...

It was Ashton Kutcher who said on Tonight
Show he'd been pranked by Clooney and
was going to get him back. Brad Pitt was
a guest and told him not to do it, Clooney
can dish out but can't take it. Pitt was very
strong on this issue, he made Clooney
sound like a real jerk.

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Up to episode 4 of The Roosevelts, loving every minute of it. I've learned so much, and I already knew a lot to begin with.

The population of New Netherland rose slowly until 1653, when there were 2,000 residents, 800 of whom lived in New Amsterdam. at which time New Amsterdam was formally incorporated as a city. In September 8th, 1664 the British took over New Amsterdam, renamed it New York. The takeover was one reason behind the Second Anglo-Dutch War (4 March 1665 – 31 July 1667) which was ended when the Dutch took control of Suriname in South America.

In the documentary Ted Roosevelt Jr remarks that he is the 7th generation to be born in Manhattan, although his family branch came to be known more by their summer home in Oyster Bay, Long Island. Another son of Nicholas Roosevelt started a different branch known by their summer home in Hyde Park.

1. 1658 1742 Nicholas Roosevelt
2. 1689 1750 Johannes Roosevelt
3. 1724 1777 Jacobus Roosevelt
4. 1759 1840 James Jacobus Roosevelt
5. 1794 1871 Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt
6. 1831 1878 Theodore Roosevelt, Sr.
7. 1858 1919 Theodore T.R. Roosevelt, Jr. (POTUS)
8. 1887 1944 Theodore Ted Roosevelt III
9. 1942 ---- Theodore Roosevelt IV
10. 1976 ---- Theodore Roosevelt V

Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt emigrated to America c. 1649 (died 1659). He was of an uncertain age and lineage. Around the year 1652, he bought a farm of 48 acres in what is now Midtown Manhattan, including the present site of the Empire State Building.

As a side question, I wonder what is the most generations of a patrician family over this period of time.

1. 1660 1727 George I
2. 1683 1760 George II
3. 1701 1757 Edward Prince of Wales
4. 1738 1820 George III
5. 1762 1830 George IV
6. 1819 1901 Queen Victoria
7. 1841 1910 Edward VII
8. 1865 1936 George V
9. 1895 1952 George VI
10. 1926 ---- Queen Elizabeth
11. 1948 ---- Prince Charles
12. 1982 ---- Prince William
13. 2013 ---- Prince George

What surprised me most was the almost
total lack of a personal relationship
between Franklin and Eleanor. They
stopped sleeping in the same bed in 1920
and mostly didn't live in the same house,
even when he was president. She was
always gone somewhere, or he was.
They rarely even spoke, and it wan never
about private matters. Eleanor never asked
him about anything personal, it was none
of her business, she said. Even his health.

Watching the Showtime series Dexter
Dexter Rocks, up to episode 8 of season 1
I am really getting into this.