[TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

Page 117, beginning of the writers' strike in early November 2007: "[Letterman's] company announced that the staff of Letterman's "Late Show" as well as that of "The Late Late Show" -- which had installed Craig Ferguson as the new host less than a year earlier..." Ferguson's first show as officia

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Amazon Deal of the Day (Nov 10): Red Dwarf: The Complete Collection

Back when I had a roommate, he bought all of the seasons except Back To Earth, so that is the only Dwarf I presently own. On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 7:21 PM, M-D November wrote: > It's a bit of a misnomer, since it doesn't include "Back to Earth". > > But I'd totally be buying this if I didn't alrea

[TV orNotTV] Re: Amazon Deal of the Day (Nov 10): Red Dwarf: The Complete Collection

It's a bit of a misnomer, since it doesn't include "Back to Earth". But I'd totally be buying this if I didn't already own all the seasons. M-D Spin my nipple-nuts and send me to Alaska. On Nov 10, 1:45 pm, "Kevin M." wrote: > That is a great deal. I wish I could afford it. > > > > > > On Wed

[TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

You're entirely right, Dake, when referring to locations that close to each other. But Carter's description was more general, and in that context, "across" would have been more appropriate than "down." On Nov 10, 4:49 pm, Dave Sikula wrote: > Donz; I take your point, but if I'm on on 44th, standi

[TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

I agree; Conan's career is a wonderful back-story. Though Zucker went with the Crimson, not the Lampoon, according to this chapter. On Nov 10, 6:34 pm, Joe Hass wrote: > My favorite quote of "The Late Shift" does not come from Dave or Jay > or Johnny or a suit at NBC or CBS. > > "This is the res

[TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

My favorite quote of "The Late Shift" does not come from Dave or Jay or Johnny or a suit at NBC or CBS. "This is the result of a drunken wager between Lorne Michaels and Don Ohlmeyer." It is a joke told by Conan during his test show in 1993. In Late Shift, Carter gives Conan almost a glossing ove

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Olby suspended indefinitely

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:22 AM, K.M. Richards wrote: > Okay, Kevin. We get it. You don't like Keith Olbermann, > > Some of us do, however. > > I agree with Don that neither of the terms you suggest are applicable, > because MSNBC was responsible for his becoming the "center of > attention" by

[TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

Donz; I take your point, but if I'm on on 44th, standing in front of the Shubert, and someone asks me where the St. James is, I'm going to say, "down the street." If they ask me where the Broadhurst is, I'm going to say "across the street." If I was in a cab that veers wildly from sidewalk to side

Re: [TV orNotTV] Dobbs Back on TV at--Surprise!--Fox Business

Almost exactly a year ago -- http://goo.gl/i5Ii6 On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:45 AM, Mark J. wrote: > A daily program starting in early 2011 and regular appearances on > other FBN shows (and Fixed Noise, no doubt): > > > http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/11/lou-dobbs-joinin

[TV orNotTV] Dobbs Back on TV at--Surprise!--Fox Business

A daily program starting in early 2011 and regular appearances on other FBN shows (and Fixed Noise, no doubt): http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/11/lou-dobbs-joining-fox-business-network.html Considering his frequent appearances with Billo, among other FNC shows, since hi

Re: [TV orNotTV] Amazon Deal of the Day (Nov 10): Red Dwarf: The Complete Collection

That is a great deal. I wish I could afford it. On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Tom Wolper wrote: > "Red Dwarf: The Complete Collection" > > Now together in this 18-disc box set, every episode of Red Dwarf plus > 24 hours of extras! > > Chicken soup machine repairman and intergalactic loser Dav

[TV orNotTV] Amazon Deal of the Day (Nov 10): Red Dwarf: The Complete Collection

"Red Dwarf: The Complete Collection" Now together in this 18-disc box set, every episode of Red Dwarf plus 24 hours of extras! Chicken soup machine repairman and intergalactic loser Dave Lister awakes from suspended animation to discover he is the lone survivor of a radiation leak and is now thre

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

donz5 wrote: > There's a reason Manhattan buses that travel east-west are called > "crosstown buses." Yes, because (for example) the M42 crosses TOWN. It doesn't cross 42nd Street. -- Jim Ellwanger -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this mes

[TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

Carter repeats this claim nine pages later: "When Jay Leno was the most frequent -- and popular -- guest on David Letterman's Late Night show in the 1980s..." And Jay further embellishes the number on pp. 106-07: "As [Jay's] career was taking off, thanks to his many breakthrough appearances on Let

Re: [TV orNotTV] The New Face of KCET LA--Hyacinth Bucket

There are some decent Canadian (e.g., Little Mosque on the Prairie), Aussie (e.g., City Homicide & Rush) & Kiwi (e.g. Burying Brian) shows they could pick up as well. I would love to see more shows from other English speaking countries picked up by KCET without them being sliced & diced like comme

[TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

One more nit to pick -- p. 95, Carter writes, "... with Letterman opening the way for Jay to emerge into public consciousness by having him as the most frequent guest on his Late Night show." I think he's made this claim before, but it's still wrong: Jay guested on LN 40 times (plus one taped came

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

While it may matter, it doesn't matter as much as the number of words debating it would seem to indicate. :) On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:38 PM, donz5 wrote: > There's a reason Manhattan buses that travel east-west are called > "crosstown buses." > > And it does matter, as it better accurately giv

[TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

There's a reason Manhattan buses that travel east-west are called "crosstown buses." And it does matter, as it better accurately gives a flavor of Manhattan midtown. On Nov 10, 9:51 am, Jim Ellwanger wrote: > On Nov 9, 2010, at 11:15 PM, donz5 wrote: > > > Having lived in NYC for 32 years, I can

[TV orNotTV] The New Face of KCET LA--Hyacinth Bucket

Considering that there isn't all that much out there for PTV stations once you take PBS out of the picture, when KCET in LA drops the net on Jan. 1, vintage British TV will make up a lot of the schedule, along with English-language programs from Japanese pubcaster NHK and the Ebert takeover of "At

[TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

Jon Delfin, to donz and Joe Hass: > Is that transcribed correctly? Seems to want a comma, at least. And > wouldn't the "down" link to "slowing," as if to say the traffic on W43 > was being slowed down? Yes. And the term everybody here seems to be missing, is "along." That is, if and when it ha

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Olby suspended indefinitely

I am also in Kevin's camp: it's precisely because I know how good and smart he is that this entire thing is just a big 'ol letdown. On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Kevin M. wrote: > On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:22 AM, K.M. Richards wrote: >> Okay, Kevin.  We get it.  You don't like Keith Olbermann

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

On Nov 9, 2010, at 11:15 PM, donz5 wrote: > Having lived in NYC for 32 years, I can attest that traveling east- > west in this city is considered "across," not "up" or "down." The > opening sentence should have read, "... a stream of cabs and limos was > snaking slowly across West Forth-third Stre

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Olby suspended indefinitely

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:22 AM, K.M. Richards wrote: > Okay, Kevin.  We get it.  You don't like Keith Olbermann Respectfully, I do like Keith, which is why I am disappointed in him. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are su

[TV orNotTV] Re: Olby suspended indefinitely

Okay, Kevin. We get it. You don't like Keith Olbermann, Some of us do, however. I agree with Don that neither of the terms you suggest are applicable, because MSNBC was responsible for his becoming the "center of attention" by the way they handled this. I read Keith's statement to the New York

[TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

If I may put in a couple of cents' worth ... I don't think the syntax was modified for the benefit of those who live in NYC because the publishers expect more people outside the Big Apple to buy and read the book than they do ones in the city. In this case, what a New Yorker would say is not rele