# Stay-at-homes: what did you watch New Year's Eve? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768 "2013-01-01T19:27:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/21 "2013-01-01T23:11:33Z")
Firefly marathon with the family. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/22 "2013-01-01T23:27:40Z")
After wrestling, we switched to Adult Swim until about 11:55, then I frantically clicked around the broadcast channels looking for the Peach Drop in Atlanta. Ended up with a split screen between the Peach and Times Square hosted by Carson Daly (my husband said “Carson Daly? _Really?_” He’s not very festive.) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/23 "2013-01-01T23:46:59Z")
After gorging ourselves on wings and pigs in a blanket, played monopoly with some of the kids. Turned on the ghost of Dick Clark at about 11:45. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/24 "2013-01-01T23:56:21Z")
I spent my evening here on the Dope, totaling entries in the Death Pool game. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/25 "2013-01-02T00:18:00Z")
Was getting set for bed a little before midnight, but then started chatting with my niece on Facebook and ended up staying up for another half hour or so. Besides FB, I was also reading the SDMB and the WordReference “English Only” forum. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/26 "2013-01-02T01:12:19Z")
Three Stooges Marathon, featuring a Stooges dancing mash-up set to Gangnam Style. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/27 "2013-01-02T01:17:05Z")
I had a long trip home today, so I was in bed by 11pm and not watching anything. It means less and less to me as I get older to actually be awake at midnight on New Year’s Eve. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/28 "2013-01-02T01:27:49Z")
Watched the second half of Return of the King. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/29 "2013-01-02T01:47:37Z")
Spent the day watching DVDs then turned to the Fox News feed from Times Square at 11. The Million Dollar Quartet and Pat Benatar were likely much better than whomever ABC had performing, given that last year ABC had Lady Gaga. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/30 "2013-01-02T02:07:10Z")
Moving to Cafe Society for you (where I assume you meant to put it). ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/31 "2013-01-02T02:34:42Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I was playing Civ III, and wiping out the Mayans, who STARTED it. And then the leader groveled and begged for mercy. HA! And the Romans are gonna be next, if they don’t stop demanding “homage”. > > Bloodthirsty? Me? It’s always the other guys who actually declare war…😉 Do you honestly prefer III to IV? I haven’t played III in ages. Our township had its fireworks on 12/31 since it was too dry on 7/4 to set them off. Actually, that was pretty nice. Less crowded, zero mosquitoes, less riff-raff, and able to get back at a decent hour. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/32 "2013-01-02T02:36:32Z")
Twilight Zone marathon and played the freebie Duke Nukem that was a Christmas freebie from an online game company. mrAru played XCom - Defense. [Cat](http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy176/aruvqan/littlemissgreeneyes.jpg) slept all evening after trying to shark some of my chicken from dinner. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/33 "2013-01-02T02:43:26Z")
I did an all day, all night \*Freaks And Geeks \* DVD marathon. Fantastic series, first time I’d seen it. I was so engrossed I barely noticed the fireworks and gunfire at midnight. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/34 "2013-01-02T03:08:53Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > I watched The Rocking Eve broadcast, just in case they had zombie Dick Clark hosting. Pretty much this. Then watched the local equivalent for my time zone. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/35 "2013-01-02T03:22:33Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Do you honestly prefer III to IV? I haven’t played III in ages. > > Our township had its fireworks on 12/31 since it was too dry on 7/4 to set them off. Actually, that was pretty nice. Less crowded, zero mosquitoes, less riff-raff, and able to get back at a decent hour. Eh, I go both ways. IV has some great ideas, but sometimes I don’t feel like trying to race to found a religion or corp. I vastly prefer the controls in III, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/36 "2013-01-02T03:23:35Z")
I watched a Portlandia marathon on Sundance. It was like watching a documentary of a certain demographic. 😉 I’d never seen it before, but a new season starts Friday so I’ll DVR that. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/37 "2013-01-02T03:29:53Z")
We were tunneling through a lot of recorded stuff on the DVR, largely “Untold Stories of the ER”, except for about two minutes of ABC’s coverage of the Times Square ball drop. Mostly, I picked that one (DH didn’t have an opinion) out of habit, but with Dick Clark not there any more, I think I’ll maybe try a different one next time. ---
**Author:** ![grodinsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@grodinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grodinsky)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/38 "2013-01-02T03:38:55Z")
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/39 "2013-01-02T03:43:09Z")
I was asleep. Earlier I’d watched _His Girl Friday_ and _All About Eve_, both on DVD, for a “working dames” theme evening with my sister. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768/40 "2013-01-02T04:06:41Z")
I’m pretty sure I was under my blankie on the couch watching the last season of The Walking Dead (they promised a marathon and only showed the last season) but I fell asleep. Woke up to the sounds of fireworks in the distance about 12:10 a.m. but dozed off again until morning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-homes-what-did-you-watch-new-years-eve/645768.md?page=3)