are you ready for some football??? !!! if not, the folks at amazon and netflix have the elixir you require in two top-flight documentaries.
first is
ALL OR NOTHING. this one was for-sure made possible by the decades of great ground work done by NFL films and the hard knocks folks because it is like a grown-up, evolved version of hard knocks AND has lots of the heart-wrenching moments offered by the classic NFL films offerings.
my favorite quote from this series was:
if it is to be, it is up to me.
(possibly the longest obscenity-free string of words ever put together by bruce arians—he was quoting a preacher which may explain that.)
the second show is
LAST CHANCE U, another documentary about the highest performing junior college football program in the nation. i avoided that initially thinking it was tv series but the second i heard it was a documentary i popped in to try it out. i did not regret that decision. holy smokes was it well done.
my favorite quote from that series was:
don't let someone else's misbehavior affect your peace of mind.
(last chance U coach quoting ghandi maybe—i don't recall who they credited).
and if you're not ready or into football, then watch netflix's
STRANGER THINGS. anthony and i got watching that and were quickly joined by others in the family given how stellar it was.
as a rule i try to not watch tv. like any. but dang are these show makers making it hard. while there is an astonishing amount of dreck being churned out daily for our DVR equipped masses, the top flight stuff that finds its way to press is truly top flight. crazy impressive how good some folks are at this business. granted, it is equally curious how poor some of the other stuff is.
