Wes Watches

 With today, December 31, being the last day of the year, I thought I would recap the top ten new television episodes and movies I watched in 2023. Both categories will be ranked according to their rating on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB). Top Ten TV Episodes I Watched In 2023 The Way Home-"Not All Who Wander Are Lost" (8.6) The Way Home-"The Day The Music Died" (8.6) The Way Home-"Building A Mystery" (8.6) South Park-"The Worldwide Privacy Tour" (8.4) The Way Home-"Lovefool" (8.3) South Park-"Deep Learning" (8.3) Hamster & Gretel-"The Bottle Episode/Micromanager" (8.2) Hamster & Gretel-"Hamnesia/Romancing The Scone" (8.1) The Way Home-"The End Of The World As We Know It" (8.1) Hamster & Gretel-"My Invisible Friend/The Bitter Sitter" (8.0) Top Ten TV Movies I Watched In 2023 "A Biltmore Christmas" (7.9) "Guiding Emily" (7.8) "To All A Good Nig

 Today, December 23, marks the 200th anniversary of the first time that the poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (better known as " The Night Before Christmas", allegedly written by Clement Clark Moore, was published in the Troy Sentinel. To celebrate the milestone, I thought I would review an animated Christmas special that provides a fictional account of how Moore came to write his famous poem-the 1968 special "The Night Before Christmas". We open in the month of December 1822, a few days before Christmas and one year before "A Visit From St. Nicholas" was first published. We then cut to the Moore's house, where the three Moore Children (Clement, Emily and Charity), housekeeper Gretchen and the family dog Clyde are busy baking Christmas treats as the special's opening song "Savory Serenade" plays in the background. The older Clement Moore is preparing to go out of town for a few days and promises to bring each of his kids and

 During Thursday December 21st's episode of "Jeopardy", the third of three semifinal games in the most recent edition of the Second Chance Tournament,  one of the categories was titled "A Very Hallmark Christmas Movie". To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time that Hallmark Channel has been featured as a Jeopardy category. The episode's contestants (Michael Vaz, Karen Morris and Iris Masucci) would combined to correctly answer four of the five questions, missing only the $1,000 clue. (When playing along at home, I only missed the $800). Iris would go on to win the game by exactly one dollar ($5,400) over Karen ($5,3999) and advance to tonight's Second Chance Tournament Finals.  Below is a clip from Jeopardy's "A Very Hallmark Christmas Movie" Category from the official Jeopardy YouTube page. 

 If you have been watching Hallmark Channel, and more specifically the Countdown To Christmas programming, over the past two years, you may have noticed something peculiar about some of the movies. Mainly, the fact that they reference other Hallmark Channel movies.     It started with 2022's "Haul Out The Holly", in which Emily (Lacey Chabert) is seen watching "Christmas In Vienna", which stars Brennan Elliott. (Elliott and Chabert have appeared together in nine movies that have premiered on either Hallmark Channel or Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. They are, in order of release, All Of My Heart; A Christmas Melody; All Of My Heart: Inn Love; All Of My Heart: The Wedding; Crossword Mysteries: A Puzzle To Die For; Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder; Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver; Crossword  Mysteries: Terminal Descent and Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead.)     This trend has continued so far in 2023 with two Countdown To Christmas films. In "Ha

 With today, November 23, being Thanksgiving, I thought I would rank the top ten Thanksgiving episodes of television series that I have seen. The episodes are ranked according to their rating on the Internet Movie Database, or IMDB. 1. The Wonder Years-"The Ties That Bind" Premiere Date: November 14, 1990 on ABC IMDB Rating: 8.3 IMDB Summary: "Money is tight around the Arnold household, and things don't look so good when the kitchen stove finally dies. Jack goes to NORCOM to ask for a raise, and gets it, as well as a promotion. With the new stove in the kitchen, it seems the Arnolds problems are over, until it becomes clear that Jack won't be back for Thanksgiving Dinner." 2. Hey Arnold!-"Arnold's Thanksgiving" Premiere Date: November 23, 1998 on Nickelodeon IMDB Rating: 8.0 IMDB Summary: "Arnold is fed up with the bickering amongst the boarders and sets out to find the true meaning of the holiday." 3. Rocko's Modern Life-&quo

 Today, Hallmark Channel announced the premiere date for the second season of its hit series, "The Way Home". According to Deadline.com, the second season will premiere at 9 PM EST on January 21. Season two will continue where season one left off, with the Landry women Kat (Chyler Leigh), Alice (Sadie Laflamme-Snow) and Del (Andie McDowell) continuing to search for Jacob, who in the season one finale ,was revealed to have gone back in time to 1814. Joining them in their search is Kat's high school crush and Alice's science teacher, Elliot (Evan Williams). A preview of Season Two is below. (Credit to Hallmark Channel)

Today, November 18, marks 95 years since the first Mickey Mouse animated short, "Steamboat Willie", was released in theaters. (Author's Note: It was actually the third short made, following "Plane Crazy" and "The Galloping Gaucho", but the first one to be released to the public). To celebrate the milestone, I have decided to post the top ten Mickey Mouse cartoons that I have seen based on their ratings on the Internet Movie Database, or IMDB. Author's Note: The premiere date refers to the short's release date to the general American public. 1. Once Upon A Studio Premiere Date: October 15, 2023 IMDB Rating: 8.6 IMDB Summary: "An all-star ensemble of Disney Animation characters come together for a group photo celebrating Disney's 100th anniversary." 2. Mickey's Christmas Carol Premiere Date: December 16, 1983 IMDB Rating: 8.0 IMDB Summary: "The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling