See also these earlier post regarding my irritation with ever increasing amount of males wearing High & Tight Haircuts since the late 1990’s: A Male Wearing A High & Tight Haircut, A Male Wearing A Strange High & Tight Haircut, and Another Male Wearing A Strange High & Tight Haircut.
I, the owner of this very Blog; personally find Military Basic Training to be both gruesome and horrible, as well as the life of an Officer or Enlisted Soldier on Active Duty in the Military.
Author Greg Cope White’s Memoir, titled “Boots”, and the Television Show Adaptation of this Memoir that is solely available on Netflix’s Streaming Service (which, oddly; happens to be the very last Television Show that Norman Lear had created, prior to his death in December, 2023); both of which are about Gay Boys who impulsively enlist in the United States Marine Corps, one Gay Boy’s crazy single mother, a recruit who enlists in the United States Marine Corps after being kicked out of the United States Air Force’s Basic Training; and a Gay Marine Drill Instructor; depict how gruesome and horrible Basic Training as an Enlisted Soldier in the United States Marine Corps, any of the United States’ other Armed Forces; and any other nation’s Armed Forces all are.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/boots-netflix-gay-marine-military-rcna236846
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-10-09/boots-netflix-review
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/boots-cast-netflix/
https://collider.com/boots-netflix-norman-lear-final-series/
The Reality Television Shows about Great Britain’s Armed Forces’ Basic Training, such as “Raw Recruits: Squaddies At 16”, “Soldier”, and “Royal Marines Commando School”, and veterans of Great Britain’s Armed Forces who are now Television Personalities; such as Jason Fox and Edward Michael “Bear” Gryllis; all depict how gruesome and horrible Basic Training as an Enlisted Soldier or an Officer in Great Britain’s Armed Forces; and any other nation’s Armed Forces all are.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6194716/
I’ve enjoyed Diane Keaton’s performances in the 1984 Motion Picture “Mrs. Souffel” (where she starred alongside Canadian Actor Walter Massey, who has provided his voice for the Animated Television adaptation of Marc Brown’s “Arthur” series of Children’s Books), the 1986 Motion Picture “Crimes Of The Heart” (where she starred alongside Sissy Spacek and Sam Shepherd), the 1987 Motion Picture “Radio Days” ((a Motion Picture about subjects that I am passionate about, Broadcasting History as a whole, Network Radio, and NBC and CBS spending the late 1920’s, the entirety of the 1930’s, and the early 1940’s developing their Television Networks, before WWII brought the development of their Television Networks to a halt, and not only did NBC and CBS’s Television Networks commence full-time operation by the late 1940’s, but the newly formed American Broadcasting Company (ABC), carved out of the NBC Blue Network; also commenced operations their Television Network a few years after it’s founding, in 1948; with WXYZ-TV, WJZ-TV/WABC-TV, and WBKB-TV/WENR-TV/WLS-TV being it’s founding Television Stations)); the 1987 Motion Picture “Baby Boom”, the 1993 Motion Picture “Manhattan Murder Mystery” (where she starred alongside Alan Alda and Anjelica Houston), and the 1996 Motion Picture “Marvin’s Room” (where she starred alongside Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DiNiro, and Kelly Ripa).
I also remember Diane Keaton appearing on NBC Television’s “The Tonight Show” in 1972, during Johnny Carson’s tenure hosting it, and Ed McMahon’s tenure as Johnny Carson’s right-hand man.
https://people.com/leonardo-dicaprio-diane-keaton-tribute-marvins-room-costars-photo-11828685
NHL Player Derek Morris having had long hair prior to him having a Buzzcut haircut, irritates me just as much as him having a Buzzcut haircut; and him shaving his head with a razor and shaving cream.
It Is Nice To Know That 6 Years After ABC Had Sold WXYZ-TV To The Scripps-Howard Company; That When Hosts Of WABC-TV’s Morning Talk Show, Nationally Syndicated By This Time; Regis Philbin And Kathie Lee Epstein-Gifford Had Taken WABC-TV’s Morning Talk Show On The Road To Detroit In December, 1992; Specifically To Cobo Arena, Had Acknowledged The Brethren Of WABC-TV’s Morning Talk Show, WXYZ-TV’s Morning Talk Show “Kelly & Company”, And Regis Philbin’s Counterpart John Kelly.
It is also nice to know that WPLJ-FM Disc Jockey Tony Pigg, who had transferred internally within ABC as a Staff Announcer for WABC-TV; was serving as the Announcer for WABC-TV’s Morning Talk Show as of this time.
Besides Car-based Minivans being some of the worst vehicles to have ever been designed and manufactured, I don’t approve of the producers of WABC-TV’s Morning Talk Show having conjured up an agreement with the Nissan Motor Corporation’s North American business arm, and the Lincoln-Mercury Division of the Ford Motor Company to promote the VX54/V40 Nissan Quest/Mercury Villager; which share parts with the J30 Nissan Maxima.
I would have rather that the Nissan Motor Corporation had sold the C23 Serena in the North American market, likewise to how they sold it’s direct predecessor; the C22 Vanette in the North American market; instead of forming a partnership with the Ford Motor Company to develop the VX54/V40 Quest/Villager specifically for the North American market.
Matthew Parij 