Comfort entertainment

OP, this is going to be an obvious one, but: Judy Garland, Wizard of Oz and Easter Parade.

Dear OP: try listening to this INSANELY CATCHY new song by Ms Carly Rae Jepsen (yes she's back!); it might just do the trick!

Listen to SITPWG, especially Move On through the end. The most beautiful 20 minutes of music ever written or recorded. Always brings comfort and makes me cry.

For tv shows Parenthood, Friends, Hart of Dixie. If you want to get absorbed in something start Lost over again from the beginning and binge watch. Look out for all the clues now that you know the ending. You can also go the trashy route and escape with Melrose Place or work through the pain with some House.

OP, the flu should not be lasting "a few weeks". You should see a doctor.

Murder She Wrote is my favorite comfort TV show. I never cared for Golden Girls and most other sitcoms much because the lack of any exterior shots gives them a claustrophobic feel. At least JB Fletcher walks up and down the Universal studios backlot all the time.

Hitchcock movies, Cary Grant movies, Wes Anderson movies

The Exorcist

Anything by Victoria Wood. But particularly "Dinner Ladies". When my father died, it is what got me through.

The Love Boat, seriously.

I put on my copy of Coal Miner's Daughter and eat bologna sandwiches. Then Doo gets to acting horny...

The Golden Girls for me too. I have an awful sinus infection in addition to strep throat. I watched Golden Girls last night. I loved the flu episode.

Thank you for fucking my end

Fucked me once or twice and then again

You're heart is true

You're a pal not a stupid Jew

And if you threw a party, invited everyone but Jews

You would see

Every Iz-ray-al-ee

Would say "Oh vey I'm so oppressed, plant tress in Israel."

Justice League cartoons

R4, I thought I was better already but I've been having a little cough for a few days and now feel a little feverish so I guess it's the flu's aftermath now.

R2, Jepsen song actually sounds nice for what it is. I don't mind mindless bubblegum. R3, I've never been into musicals but thanks for the suggestion.

I'm liking what people are watching. Some films I find comforting are Paul Newman's From the Terrace and some Douglas Sirk melodramas. I'm normally into current action and sci-fi so those old movies feel dreamy and beautiful.

Mary Tyler Moore and Golden Girls

Old 1980s miniseries are my favorite comfort entertainment. Last time my partner was gone for the weekend, I made cocktails and watched When Tomorrow Comes with Madolyn Smith and Tom Berenger, I'll Take Manhattan with Valerie Bertenelli and a young Julianne Moore, and Deceptions with Stephanie Powers and Barry Bostwick. Bostwick as also in I'll Take Manhattan.

My husband loved watching M*A*S*H while he laid dying, ruined it for me, glad it was a comfort.

I'd probably be watching Dynasty given I've not after all these years. Dynasty or DL, what to do?

Inspector Morse; Poirot

A FEW WEEKS?!?

Get a blog, Rose.

Have you started watching EMPIRE yet. I find it very entertaining tv. You can get it on fox.com or hulu. Cookie will inspire you.

Mine is Frasier

Happy Endings. God, I wish there were more seasons to watch from.

Noah's Arc

Melrose Place - January 1993-December 1994

For OP:

I had a flu that lingered/see-sawed for almost three weeks.

Saw my doctor twice. She told me that the flu strains this winter are very strong and tenacious.

You shouldn't worry about it too much; you are in good company.

But go back and see your doctor if you are still feeling lousy a few days from now.

Get lots of rest and enjoy your comfort TV.

Horror movies all day today on TCM! "excuse me doctor but Marge has been buried alive...in a coffin" (from Macabre ).

Michael Palin travelogues. Nothing like pretending to travel the world in the company of a funny and good-natured old fellow.

I have some of his shows on DVD, and wish Netflix had them all on streaming.

I DVR'ed the Logo Network show 1 Girl 5 Gays" for times like this one. I wish it would come back on air.

I don't like commercial tv for comfort viewing. I find tv ads too jarring and depending on the channel, a bit depressing. TCM is good or somtimes I will put a dvd that i like on repeat and fall in and out of sleep.

The Golden Girls

The Shining

Haloween

Roseanne

Alien3

Which part of The Shining do you find the most comforting, r31?

The part where human blood floods the hotel hallway, or when Jack Nicholson chases Shelley Duvall through the bathroom door with an axe?

The Shining is strangely comforting. The first parts before Jack goes nuts are like the calm before the storm.

Queer as Folk has great music even if the story lines are a little hokey.

Feel better OP.

I don't remember a Golden Girl called MARY.

Defending Your Life always gives me a smile. And, hey, if you don't make it thru that flu at least you'll know what's in store for you:)

The whole film is very soothing, R32. So is Eyes Wide Shut. There is something about a Kubrick film that comforts me.

Any more suggestions?

Moonstruck. I love Cher.

Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen, so what.)

Mildred Pierce

Old Film Noir movies you find on YouTube, especially Barbara Stanwyck or Ida Lupino.

All In The Family reruns Match Game reruns Terms Of Enderament The Graduate Breakfast At Tiffanys Mommie Dearest Austin Powers the first one Raging Bull Sideways I could go on awhile. Love me some good comfort TV.

Speaking of Woody Allen, Try Match Point. I thought of that when I saw Noir movies.

I like something that will be engrossing, but not burdensome. I want to be distracted, but I want it to be substance. Not too much, because I don't want to strain my brain, but some substance. Like, I've seen The Godfather a million times. I can recite the dialogue without even thinking about it. But if I'm sick and vegging out, I like to watch it, because I can doze off and not miss anything and yet it is substance. See?

WML

The middle[2009] ABC show now avaoable on IMDBTV

Paulo And Miguel gay storyline on youtube [in Portuguese with English subtitles]

TubiTV lot of campy c gradr horror movies and gay themed movies which can act as comfort show

I watch a lot of things on YouTube, from The Carol Burnett Show, to British history documentaries presented by Lucy Worsley, Suzannah Lipscomb, Helen Castor, and Dan Jones. "Who Do You Think You Are" is a good one for a sick day or a rainy Sunday spent in pajamas.

Hyori's B&B

The original Law & Order (especially the 90s episodes)

Midsomer Murders

Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett & David Burke

Some ‘60s shows like Gilligan’s Island, Hogan’s Heroes, F Troop, Flintstones.

Harry Potter movies, The LEGO Movie, Gosford Park, costume dramas like Emma, An Ideal Husband.

American Dad, Fake or Fortune, BBC documentaries with Simon Reeve or Lucy Worsley.

Forgot Mystery Science Theater 3000, dozens of episodes are on YouTube.

Mama's Family

Little House on the Prairie - first couple season

Roseanne - early seasons

Frasier

Downton Abbey

Match Game on Buzzr

Yeah R50 Downton Abbey is great escapism, just rewatched the whole thing not too long ago, helped me not dwell on negative things.

Downtown Libby on the Brady Bunch