Documentary Directed By Colin Hanks Release year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Amazon Runtime: 113 minutes Audio Description produced By: (Need Credit) Written By: (Need Credit) What is It?: A warm and relatively comprehensive look at the life and legacy of actor and comedian John Candy, as told through the people who remember him best. What Works: Colin Hanks, on his third documentary, strikes his biggest chord by exploring one of the most liked comedians of all time. Just looking at the talent that showed up here, from Steve Martin, Tom hanks, and Bill Murray, to Macaulay Culkin, who worked with Candy on … Continue reading John Candy: I Like Me

TV Shows Watched: DMV: S1E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, English Teacher: S2E4 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Ginny and Georgia: S3E7 (Netflix) with audio description, The Lowdown: S1E4 (Disney plus) with audio description, Shifting Gears: S2E4 (Disney plus) with audio description, and Starting Five: S2E1 (Netflix) with audio description DMV- Not initially the funniest thing I’ve ever seen, but it certainly has promise, and a strong ensemble led by Tim meadows. The show is a time slot improvement over papa’s House, and the audio description is exactly the kind of narration we’ve come to expect from Media Access on … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 10/16/25

I had a very lovely and productive meeting yesterday with accessibility reps from an entertainment company. I won’t reveal which one, but I’ve been critical of some of their work, in terms of the audio description, and for things that the community at large would agree on. they also are a company that has an opportunity to do better, and the feedback I got was that it would be helpful if there was more of a guide as to what they should describe in terms of what blind audiences want. I went with some really basic and broad rules to … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 10/15/25

TV Shows Watched: High Potential: S2E4 (Disney plus) with audio description, Chad Powers: S1E3 (Disney plus) with audio description, The Chair Company: S1E1 (HBO MAX) with audio description, House Of Guinness: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, the Runarounds: S1E7 (Amazon) with audio description, Only Murders In the Building: S5E7 (Hulu) with audio description High Potential- A new captain is in the building… at the end of the episode. How will this shake up the show? hopefully not much, because this show isn’t broken, and it doesn’t need to be fixed. Change can be good, but it can also kill the … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 10/14/25

TV Shows Watched: Black Rabbit: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Twisted Metal: S2E11 (Peacock) with audio description, Task: S1E7 (HBo MAX) with audio description, Boots: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Sausage party: S2E8 (Amazon) with audio description, Last Week Tonight: Most recent (HBO MAX) no audio description yet Black rabbit- What a great day of TV. Black Rabbit is an excellent way to start the day, as it consistently proves itself to e one of the most engaging shows on television right now. there’s a twist here about Vince’s past and something from his childhood which I’m sure is going … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 10/13/25

TV Shows Watched: Daryl Dixon: S3E6 (AMC Plus) no audio description, The Last Frontier: S1E1 (Apple Plus) with audio description, 911: Nashville: S1E1 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Have I Got News For you: S3E5 (HBO MAX) no audio description, The morning Show: S4E4 (Apple Plus) with audio description, and The Rainmaker: S1E6 (Peacock) with audio description Daryl Dixon- I wish I could quit you. The LAst Frontier- Last year, NBC premiered a show called The Hunting Party. i think it was renewed. i don’t care, it wasn’t very good. Apple Plus had NBC hold their beer and went after … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 10/12/25

TV Shows Watched: Outlander: Blood of My Blood: S1E10 (Starz) no audio description, My Life With the Walter Boys: S2E8 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: S6E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description, 911: S9E1 (Hulu) with audio description, King Of The Hill: S2E19 (Hulu) no audio description, Pop culture Jeopardy: Second Semi-Final (Amazon) with audio description, Abbott Elementary: S5E2 (Hulu) with audio description Outlander: Blood of My Blood- Will do a full review. My Life With the Walter Boys- this is not good television. We know that, right? I feel like we know that about Virgin River. There was some acting … Continue reading The Small Screem Diaries: 10/11/25