BY ALEX MITCHELL
Quarantining on a stormy
day into night can mean only
one thing — binge watching.
A time like this certainly
poises an opportunity for a
stroll down memory lane by
watching some of the more
nostalgic programming from
the 1990s and on.
Here’s ten great throwback
shows to watch:
“Boy Meets World”
What makes this children’s
show so special is its redeeming
value appeals to an audience
of all ages.
“Boy Meets World” didn’t
sugar coat how tough life
could be — but it also highlighted
the brightest and happiest
times during the coming
of age for Corey Matthews.
“Everybody Loves Raymond”
If you’re quarantined into
the confi nes of an Italian
family with an overbearing
mother, this is the sitcom for
you.
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“Family Guy” (Old Episodes)
Raunchy, outrageous, and
down right hilarious, “Family
Guy’s” earlier season’s
were truly a blessing to animated
adult cartoons.
Rewatching the old time
episodes of “Family Guy” will
also transport you back to an
entire generation of cutaway
gags, like that time I wrote a
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“Fresh Prince of Bel Air”
The dynamic between Will
Smith and Alfonso Ribeiro
will go down as one of the best
in sitcom history.
In between the laughs, this
show also tugged on plenty of
emotional strings and that’s
what made “Fresh Prince” especially
worth watching.
“Seinfeld”
It is, in the humble opinion
of this reporter, that
“Seinfeld” reigns superior to
“Friends”.
“Seinfeld” created a multiverse
of nothing that subsequently
gave us a score of sayings,
anti-social guidelines,
and even a new winter holiday
— one that is widely celebrated.
Disagree? Well the jerk
store called, they’re running
out of you.
“Glee”
You certainly can’t go
wrong when it comes to video
chatting with your fellow
gleeks and even breaking out
into some impromptu karaoke.
“Friday Night Lights”
Turn off the lights on Friday
night and get sucked into
this drama about high school
football and the portrayal of
life in middle America.
“The X-Files”
The truth is out there, and
it’s that “The X Files” is one
of the greatest shows to ever
make air in the United States.
You don’t have to be a conspiracy
theorist to get sucked
into the work of Chris Carter
and later “Breaking Bad” creator,
Vince Gilligan.
“The Sopranos”
One of the best mob shows
in the history of television,
this program is specifi cally
recognized for its surprising
ending which was cut mid-”
“How I Met Your Mother”
And that kids, is how I concluded
this list.
“How I Met Your Mother”
was a funny, silly, and incredibly
touching sitcom that introduced
us to the ways of Barney
Stinson and his bro-code.
Let’s be honest, we all have
a Barney Stinson in our live
that no matter how persistent
and at times annoying they
can be, you just can’t help but
love them.
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‘New York on Paws’: Guiding Eyes for the Blind
fi nds temporary homes for guide dogs in training
BY BETH DEDMAN
Guiding Eyes for the
Blind, which provides guide
dogs to blind and visually impaired
individuals at no cost
to the recipient, has paired
each of its March graduates
with guides.
When the shelter-in-place
order went into effect, Guiding
Eyes for the Blind had 170
puppies in its care that were
undergoing training. Within
one day, they found 22 families
to take those dogs into
their homes for the duration
of the lockdown.
Thomas Panek, the CEO of
Guiding Eyes for the Blind,
refers to the halt in the training
process as “New York on
Paws.”
“It has affected us in a big
way,” Panek said. “We are a
human services organization.
We provide these dogs
for people to be mobile, which
for the blind that means
things like going to the grocery
store, going to the pharmacy,
going to the doctor.”
Guiding Eyes for the Blind
is seeking people to temporarily
house the dogs, but
also for people to help raise
the guide dogs, with specifi c
training and behavioral techniques,
which would then be
given to someone in need of a
guide dog.
Because of the shelter-inplace
order, some students
of the program who are visually
impaired were sent
home with their guide after
only two weeks of training
instead of the usual three.
“I think it will be very
meaningful for people when
the pause is lifted,” Panek
said. “I think it will take
some time to get back to those
students and fi nish the training.”
Panek, visually-impaired
himself, has a guide dog
named Blaze, who he sees not
only as a means to get around
but also as a close companion.
“Guide dogs love to work
and they don’t understand
why they aren’t working
right now,” Panek said. “As a
person with a dog, it’s a good
time from a mental health
perspective to take care of
our dog and walk your dog.
Of course, keep social distancing,
but it’s important to
maintain your health and the
dogs and get some exercise.”
Guiding Eyes for the
Blind is seeking people to
help by sponsoring or caring
for dogs during the pandemic.
More information about
Guiding Eyes for the Blind
is available at www.guidingeyes.
org.
This story fi rst appeared
on amNY.com
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