JennyPop's Sunny TV and Film: A Geek Girl's Guide to Summer Media

Without TV, it is hard to know when one day ends and another begins.

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Stupid COVID. Now we have nothing to do for Summer! We can't go to Europe, we can't go to Disneyland, we can't go to Comic-Con and most of our fave, local hotels, bars, casinos and restaurats are still closed due to regulations, shuttered for good or have such bizarre, new regimens, there's no point, except supporting their businesses, which we do, at JennyPop.com. (In fact, we have been très genial to businesses during the lockdown. You're welcome, Amazon, Disney, Nordstrom and way too various merch carnival barkers showing up in my Instagram feed - most of whose wares are, honestly, total shite, but still fun to receive in the mail and use on occasion.) 

So, with Planet Earth taking a breather, that leaves the indoors and, for you fellow, pale, book-and-TV geeks, you know the best time to stay indoors anyhoo, is Summertime: no sunscreen, lots of a/c and plenty of time to watch all your fave TV and film nom noms.

Now, be savvy, kittens. Nobody at Jennypop is advocating you train for the gold in the Couch Potato Olympics ... for Godzilla's sake, do summat whilst you're watching the telly. Work your brain and/or bod.

Knit, sketch, do yoga, work on language lessons, journal, practice the splits, write some music, learn to write music, read, study your fave artist or museum, design meal plans, concoct a craft cocktail, plot out your next vacation, practice fencing, make up a secret lnguage with your bestie. Do something, but it never hurts to have our real BFF, TV, on in the background.

So, grab whatever you need, hobby-wise, make a cool drink, put on your old puka shells and get comfy. Pour Moi? Living at the beach, my year-round daily uniform is perfect for Summer chillin': think Rebecca De Mornay, bikini top and sarong, in Lords of Dogtown. Hey, guurrlll.

Now, let JennyPop's TV and film recs bring you some sweet and silly, beachy and funky, easy and breezy vibes during this, the weirdest summer since 1587, when a group of brave/bonkers Englishmen left London, sailed to North Carolina's Roanoke Island, settled it, then disappeared forever.

Moral of the story? The Roanoke settlers didn't have TV. See what happened? Turn on your TV, kittens.
BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN -- Season:5 -- Pictured: Captain Sandy Yawn -- (Photo by: Karolina Wojtasik/Bravo)
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JennyPop's Summer-TV Recs


Phineas and Ferb

Gidget: The Series

Arrested Development

Cruel Summer

Lilo and Stitch: The Series

Crossbones

Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers

Below Deck Mediterranean

Below Deck Sailing Yacht

Real Housewives of Orange County

Real Housewives of Potomac

Lark Rise to Candleford

Siren

What We Do In The Shadows

The Great

Nancy Drew

King of Queens

Travel Man: 48 Hours in ...

Rick Steve's Travels in Europe

Last of the Summer Wine

Seinfeld: esp "The Summer of George" & "The Hamptons"

Bob's Burgers

Spongebob Squarepants

Family Guy

Shakespeare and Hathaway

Deadliest Catch

Gilmore Girls

90210 (the original)
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Lords of Dogtown: Columbia/TriStar Pictures

JennyPop's Summer-Flick Picks


What About Bob?

Lilo and Stitch

Gidget

Jaws

Into the Woods

The Spongebob Squarepants Movie

Spongebob Squarepants: Atlantis Squarepants

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

Splash

Grease

Disney's Hawaiian Holiday (animated film-short)

Sisters

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Jaws

North Shore

Moonrise Kingdom

Hyde Park on Hudson

Grey Gardens (both the 1975 Maysles Bros doc & the 2009 Michael Sucsy narrative with Drew Barrymore)

That Summer (Grey Gardens prequel, a doc)

Muppet Treasure Island

Pirates of the Caribbean: 1 -5

Lords of Dogtown

Moana

Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Annie Hall

Austenland

Poirot: Evil Under the Sun

Poirot: Murder in Mesopotamia

Poirot: Death on the Nile

National Lampoon's Vacation

National Lampoon's European Vacation

A Year in Provence: Summer

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown

Addams Family Values

The Parent Trap (either version)

 

What are your fave summer flicks? LMK @JennyPopCom (IG) or @JennyPopCom (Twitter) #summer #movies #favesummerflicks #summertime

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About Author

Jennifer Susannah Devore (a.k.a. JennyPop) authors the 18th C. historical-fiction series Savannah of Williamsburg. She is a regular contributor - 10 years running - to the Official San Diego Comic-Con Souvenir Book; as well, she writes and researches all content for JennyPop.com. Occasionally, JennyPop writes under the pseudonym Miss Hannah Hart, ghostdame of The Hotel del Coronado.

JennyPop has been cited by TIME magazine as a Peanuts and Charlie Brown expert. Her latest novel is The Darlings of Orange County, a sexy, posh and deadly romp through Hollywood, San Diego and Orange County. Book IV in the Savannah of Williamsburg Series is completed and awaits publication. She is currently researching Book V for the series. She resides at the beach with her husband, a tiny dog, a vast wardrobe and a closet that simply shan't do.

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