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Post by Michael1973 on Jan 8, 2024 10:05:25 GMT -5
Someone on another forum reminded me that the VJs had a random President's Day special last year. Somehow I'd blocked this from my memory. But it does explain why we've had so many repeats lately. Take 52 weeks per year, subtract one for the special and another for the extra 1988 show in the summer, and you get 50. With each year rotating every ten weeks, 50 weeks later they are going to fall on the same weekend.
Let's hope for less of this nonsense in 2024. (I can fantasize, right?)
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Post by laura on Jan 12, 2024 21:10:53 GMT -5
They went with 1/17 it looks like.
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Post by laura on Jan 12, 2024 23:59:04 GMT -5
Next week, thankfully not a Premiere doppelganger, 1984!
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Post by laura on Jan 19, 2024 23:56:35 GMT -5
Next week it'll be all about 1989! Wonder how many songs were just played a month ago.
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Post by mkarns on Jan 20, 2024 0:01:56 GMT -5
At least it obviously isn't another Premiere doppelganger. Though that's three January shows in a row for which last month we heard one from the previous December (1986-87, 1983-84, and next up 1988-89) with many of the songs repeated. For its part, Premiere did the same with 1986-87 and this week 1979-80.
And the first song that came on after the countdown was Culture Club's "Miss Me Blind". That was of course the followup to "Karma Chameleon", heard just a few songs earlier at #3.
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Post by Michael1973 on Jan 20, 2024 9:32:42 GMT -5
At least it obviously isn't another Premiere doppelganger. Yes, and I'm also grateful that Premiere is not going with 1984 next week, as I was expecting. That would have given us way too much overlap throughout January.
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Post by jgve1952 on Jan 22, 2024 17:58:45 GMT -5
If the order continues, this would be February 2024. Any of the shows done too often (calling call Michaels)?:
2-2-24 1981 2-9-24 1986 2-16-24 1983 2-23-24 1982 (assuming they do back to back years as they did in 2023)
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jan 26, 2024 23:56:41 GMT -5
Next week's Casey lite...1981
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Post by laura on Jan 27, 2024 0:42:33 GMT -5
1/31 would be closer to next Friday's date (2/2), but they'll probably end up doing 2/7 anyway.
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Post by Michael1973 on Jan 27, 2024 13:29:01 GMT -5
If the order continues, this would be February 2024. Any of the shows done too often (calling call Michaels)?: 2-2-24 1981 2-9-24 1986 2-16-24 1983 2-23-24 1982 (assuming they do back to back years as they did in 2023) 1981 aside, this would be a really good schedule if they stick to it. 1981 (which has been confirmed) aired two years ago, but the other years in the order shown here would yield charts not heard in 8+ years, or not at all.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Feb 2, 2024 23:48:51 GMT -5
Next week's Copycat Casey...1982
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Post by laura on Feb 2, 2024 23:52:15 GMT -5
Next week's Copycat Casey...1982 Is this the first time we've had a change in the schedule in a while? 1986 would have been next if they followed the original. Turns out Premiere's also doing 1982, but the VJs will probably go with the 13th and call it the "Valentine's Day" or "Mardi Gras weekend" edition.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Feb 3, 2024 2:23:03 GMT -5
Next week's Copycat Casey...1982 Is this the first time we've had a change in the schedule in a while? 1986 would have been next if they followed the original. Turns out Premiere's also doing 1982, but the VJs will probably go with the 13th and call it the "Valentine's Day" or "Mardi Gras weekend" edition. With the weekend being the 10th (or the 9th in this thread), 2/13 makes the most sense, whereas Premiere is going back a week to 2/6 (they just aired 2/13 in 2022, and 2/6 last aired in 2010 as an "A", 2016 & 2018 as a "B", so it was due).
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Post by jgve1952 on Feb 3, 2024 5:58:26 GMT -5
Next week's Copycat Casey...1982 Is this the first time we've had a change in the schedule in a while? 1986 would have been next if they followed the original. Turns out Premiere's also doing 1982, but the VJs will probably go with the 13th and call it the "Valentine's Day" or "Mardi Gras weekend" edition. Also rare, but not unheard of to do back-to-back years.
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Post by Michael1973 on Feb 3, 2024 17:28:32 GMT -5
There are (potentially) positive and (definitely) negative aspects to this unexpected change in the schedule:
Negative: 1982, as noted, is being played by Premiere, making this already the second time this year we're experiencing this overlap. Also, the 2/13/82 chart would be a repeat from three years ago, whereas the anticipated 2/27/82 chart would have been new.
Potentially Positive: If they resume the year cycle the following week, going with 1986 and then 1983, both of those would be new charts for the VJs. Are we placing odds on this actually happening?
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