Wiki lists a source that says it dates back to 1865.
I imagine sources would be hard to find since it was illegal to put profanity on paper.
I believe I read somewhere (it may have even been here on the SDMB) that the swear words used in the actual Old West that were considered shocking enough in their day to ‘polite’ ears would have been too tame to get the meaning across today, so the writers of Deadwood intentionally amped up the bad language to try to make the effect of the language the same in general to a modern audience. Like, a ‘damn’ back in the day may have been as shocking as a ‘MF’ bomb today.
I was recently rewatching LOST. In S3 when they introduce the character Juliet, her flashbackstory is that she is doing fertility research and trying to help her sister, who has cancer, get pregnant. I kept thinking that her sister looked really familiar and finally realized it was Robin Weigert. Boy, talk about two completely different characters!
For some reason, despite all the shows that are on my “really should watch” list, I have recently started watching the original Leverage from the beginning. It’s interesting watching the origins and changes of the characters, and catching things that I missed or forgotten from the first watching. Like Hardison telling Lucille, his beloved van, when they need to blow it up, " I have always been, and forever shall be, your friend."
i have finished the camp cretaceous and chaos series.
watched zero day. not bad, good filler, a bit eye rolly. rather timely with what is going on.
Watched the first two episodes when they were released last Friday. If you haven’t seen episode 2, I’ll just say that the ending gives a pretty good reason to keep watching.
Concur - will wait for a few more to drop tho.
Just started Black Bird on Apple. Grabs you right off.
Finished Bodkin on NetFlix. It was okay, if a bit far-fetched. A 25-year-old mystery is solved in a few days by some amateur podcasters?
Still, an intricate plot with a lot of twists and turns. I was entertained.
Obviously I’m a bit late to the party, but I’m almost done with this series and I’m really enjoying it. It’s funny and weird and political, with old-school special effects (forced perspective, dolls, etc.).
We’re enjoying Blue Lights on Britbox. Coppers in Ireland vs bad guys.
We watched Diamond Heist on Netflix, about the 2000 Millennium Dome raid, an attempt to steal hundreds of millions of pounds of diamonds. Three 45-minute episodes, executive produced by Guy Ritchie, featuring interviews with many of the principals, including one of the leaders of the criminals, and recreations that have all the production values of a big-budget action film.
It’s an amazing true story that I don’t recall hearing about here in the US at the time, perhaps because (this is not a spoiler) they didn’t get away with it due to the fact that the police were on to them early on.
Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys true crime stories or heist capers.
We are watching The Residence. The comments here are spot on. I am enjoying it but I do feel it’s dragging things a bit too long. I do like that on multiple occasions it admits to being like Knives Out.
I watched the first episode a while back. The story was fairly interesting, but I found the action film treatment kind of a turn-off; I don’t necessarily need loud music, quick cuts and silly reenactments in my documentaries.
Compared to some of the amateurish and low-budget reenactments I’ve seen in some documentaries, this was much better. As long as they’re not distorting the facts too much, I don’t mind an exciting documentary.
What amazed me was that no one has made a feature film about the caper. It seems such a natural story for it.
I liked it all the way through.
It is cancelled, by the way. No season 2.
I had been asking my wife, “What happens if there is a season 2? Another murder at the White House?”
Only Murders in the White House.
I thought this show was fantastic! If you look up the actual case, the actor playing the real-life serial killer suspect looks frighteningly like the actual guy.
Most shows that claim to be based on a true story barely are at all. This one is nearly a documentary, it’s so accurate. In fact, the only scene I thought was too pat and unrealistic turned out to be true.
Correction here, Coppers in Northern Ireland, the distinction is important, it being part of the UK, rather than the Republic of Ireland., who would be Garda,