ROTTEN TOMATOES 100% AMAZON PRIME PROGRAMS

From Worldometer,  COVID-19 new deaths:

           DAY USA   WORLD   Brazil      India   South Africa

June      9     1093    4732        1185      246         82

July       1       676    4857        1057      438         92

             5       251    3572          535       421       173

             7       993    5504        1312       479       192

           12       380    4118          659       500       108

           14       935    5414        1341       586       174

           15     1001    5760        1261       614       107

           19       412    4606          715       675         85

           21     1119    5669        1346       671        195

           22     1205    7128        1293     1120        572

           26       450    4307         556       715        114
           28    1266     5589         955       776        190
           30    1485     7023       1544       779        240
           31    1465     6418       1189       783        315
Aug      1    1462     6429       1191       765        193
            2     1123     5601       1048       852        148
            3       467     4430         514       514        213

            4       567     4366         572       810        173
            5     1362     6292       1394       849        345
            6     1311     6832       1322       919        414
            7     1203     6452       1226       899        306

            8     1250     6448       1058       940        305

            9       976     5612         841       875        301
          10       534     4813         593     1013        198

Summary:  Lookin better.

On June 28 I shared with you the best of Netflix.  My intention this time was to provide the best of Amazon Prime.  Instead, I'll upgrade the analysis and point out the 100% Rotten Tomatoes offerings of both so you can seriously consider turning to this list before just pointlessly searching for something.

There are 120 100% Rotten Tomatoes programs available on Amazon Prime, although not all are free. These are by seasons, so the number of actual different films/documentaries/series is actually much smaller.

So to return to the 100% Amazon Prime programs, here are the best by seasons:

• Modern Family Season 6 only at 100%

• There were eleven seasons, with an average total score of 85% by reviewers and 87% by the audience.
• Apparently, seasons 1-3 are not available.
• The Sopranos Season 1 and 3: 92%/98% for the total series over six seasons.
• 24:  There were 8 days plus one, or 9 total years of this series, with Day 5 gaining a 100% rating.
•  Arrested Development Season 1.

• Babylon Berlin Season One
• Breaking Bad Seasons 3 and 4, five seasons with an overall average of 96%/98%.
• Catastrophe Seasons 1, 2 and 3
• Downton Abbey Season 2
• Fargo Season 2
• Fleabag Seasons 1 and 2
• Friday Night Lights Seasons 4 and 5
• Homeland Season 
•  Jane the Virgin Seasons 1, 4 and 5
• Justified Seasons 2, 4 and 6
• Mad Men Season 2.

• Mystery Science Theater 3000 Season 1
• One Day at a Time Seasons 2, 3 and 4 
• Parts and Recreation Special in 2020
• Veep Seasons 3 and 4  
• Last Tango in Halifax
• Wonderful program which I'm now watching in season 1, and awaiting getting into 2 and 3.
• Season 1 94%, S 2 100%, S3 100%, S4 and 5, plus Holiday Special still not rated.
• While this program is British, the captioning works well.

• This is meaningful for me because the story is of two people in their later 70's who re-found each other after a lifetime of going through life thinking that the other person did not particularly care for them, but finding out it was just the opposite.  In a different way, I seem to now be in this situation.  A cute comedy of two aged lovers surrounded by friends and family of mostly dysfuntional individuals.  One of the first things they do to celebrate their re-discovery is buy a Lexus sports car, and get lost, worrying everyone.

This does not mean the other seasons are not worth watching.  Getting a 100% score by reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes is extraordinary.

Everything is FREE on Netflix, and they have a lot more 100% scores than Amazon Prime.  In no particular order: 

• Ugly Delicious 2S  100/100  8E  Chef David Chang and foods around the world--pretty good.
• Kantaro 1S  100/?  11E  Sweet tooth salaryman in Japan.
• Midnight Diner  1S  100/94  10E  Master and simple Japanese foods--excellent,
• Lennox Hill 1S  100/99  8E  Lives of four doctors.
• Middleditch and Schwartz  1S  100/99 3E  Comedy act.

• Derry Girls S1 100  2S  6E  97  Northern Ireland, school girls.
• Kim’s Convenience  4S 100/93  10E  Korean family in Toronto.
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 10S 75/83/86/67/S5 100/S6 100/S7 100/ 83/83/S10 100  10E  Worst movies with comments--this is among my all-time favorites.  I guess this is one of those rare series available both on Prime and Netflix.
• Elite  4S 100/92/100 8E  Spain, classes.
• The Confession Killer 1S  100/90  5E  Truth and consequences of a confession killer.

• Dirty Money  2S  100/90  6E  Corporate greed--every one I've seen  has been excellent, especially the episode involving Jared Kushner and the Trump family.
• Master of None  2S 100/90  10E  New York City ups and downs, relationships.
• Crazyhead  1S  100/83  6E  British comedy-horror.
• Feel Good 1S 100/87  6E  Blackpool and relationship between two women.

• Osmosis  1S  100/70  8E  France  New drug and relationships
• One Day at a Time 4S  97/100/100/100  10E  Remake of 1975 sitcom about a Cuban-American family
• Halt and Catch Fire 4S S1 100
• Shameless  S4/S6/S8 100
• Occupied  S5 100
• Dark  S1 89  S2 100  S3 96
• Love on the Spectrum  100

• New Girl  S4/5/7  100
• All or Nothing at All (Sinatra) 2 parts 93/95
• Call My Agent  S1 100
• Gibana:  Spark  100
• A Very Secret Service  /100--I'm also watching this; a spoof of James Bond from France
• Immigration Nation, 1S 100/64
• Border Town:  3 seasons, all 100
• Lovesick:  S1 94, S2 100, S3 100

• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt:  S1 95, S2 100, S3 97, S4, 94, S5 94
• Abstract:  The Art of Design:  S1 100/94
• Easy:  S1 85, S2 86, S3 100
• Shameless:  S1 and 2 ??, S3 92, S4 100, S5 92, S6 100, S7 88, S8 100, S9 70?
• Fauda:  S1, S2 and S3 all 100--I'm now watching this series, and even though I tend to gravitate  away from Middle East terrorist-type action programs, this one in Israel is particularly well-made and absorbing.  Deserves the 100 rating.

These are close to 100% and worthy:

• Crash Landing on You 1S  ?/99  16E  Korean heiress lands in North Korea.
• Mr. Sunshine 1S  ?/99  10E  Korean  historic from 1871 on about American Marine.
• Samurai Gourmet  1S  ?/98  12E  Retiree discovering cuisine.
• Surviving R. Kelly  2S 95/83 6/5E  Predatory behavior.
• Twin Peaks 3S  93/78/94  10/22/18 E  Kyle MacLachlan, Pacific Northwest.
• On Children  1S ??  10E  China  societal pressure for children.
• Mindhunter:  S1 97, S2 99
• Itaewon Class:  S1 /94

Here are 44 films to open in August through October.  There are several 100% movies.

One which will open this week, Jazz on a Summer Day, filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival featuring Louis Armstrong, Thelonius Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington and Mahalia Jackson.

Another is, An Easy Girl, already streaming on Netflix, about a teen girl drawn to her cousin's hedonistic lifestyle in Cannes.

Did you watch the PGA Golf Championship yesterday from San Francisco?  With only a few holes to go, seven players were tied at the top.  Collin Morikawa luckily chipped in a shot from outside the green on the 14th.  Then he hit the shot of the year, a par-4 drive 7 feet from the cup on the 16th hole, and got an eagle, winning by two strokes, earning $1.98 million and exemptions for the foreseeable future. Watch this 2 min 39 sec highlight clip.  He is a 23-year old Southern Californian who last year graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in business.  He has a bright future.

On the women's side, Danielle Kang won for the second straight week in Ohio.  Her winnings yesterday?  $255.00.  No women's rights in golf.  Her life has been sort of the opposite of Collin, for she was born in San Francisco and played at Pepperdine.

Where's Michelle Wie?  She got married to Jerry West's son, just had a baby, and is now a golf announcer.  Michelle is the taller golfer.

As I soon head to Ewa Villages for a round of golf with McKinley High School classmates, here is something involving Tiger Woods:

Don't Forget to Dream.  For me, real dreams never come true, and thankfully.  However, several day dreams inspired me to some of my greatest accomplishments.

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