[TV orNotTV] Ferguson scores Grammy nod

2010-12-01 Thread David Bruggeman
For the audio book of his autobiography. His competition: The Bedwetter, Sarah Silverman The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook) A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To The Future..., Michael J. Fox This Time Together: Laughter And Reflection, Carol Burnett The Woody All

[TV orNotTV] Well, that was brief: Hibberd to EW

2010-12-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
He wasn't at THR all that long, was he? http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2010/11/hibberd_to_blog_about_tv.php -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send emai

Re: [TV orNotTV] Scottish Conan Who

2010-12-01 Thread David Bruggeman
SCG approves, as do I: http://twitter.com/CraigyFerg/status/10085397811953664 David From: Joe Coughlin To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, December 1, 2010 5:36:14 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Scottish Conan Who Wow, that was great! Shame it never aire

Re: [TV orNotTV] Scottish Conan Who

2010-12-01 Thread Joe Coughlin
Wow, that was great! Shame it never aired. On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Jay Lewis wrote: > Gadzooks! Someone leaked the Dr Who open from C-Freg. I hope people won't > pass this link around... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9P4SxtphJ4 > -- > QWIZX.com - A little bit of everything > > -- >

[TV orNotTV] Re: First Sounds of New Digital Channel: Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk...

2010-12-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
Fremantle acquired Talkback Thames, as it had come to be known, shortly after it assumed that name in 2003. Both sites mention the properties you did among others, so I think it's a case of DLT (www.dltentertainment.com/us) licensing the rights much as Turner Ent. has for years with MGM and RKO.

[TV orNotTV] Scottish Conan Who

2010-12-01 Thread Jay Lewis
Gadzooks! Someone leaked the Dr Who open from C-Freg. I hope people won't pass this link around... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9P4SxtphJ4 -- QWIZX.com - A little bit of everything -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goog

[TV orNotTV] First Sounds of New Digital Channel: Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk...

2010-12-01 Thread Mark J.
Tribune Broadcasting's new classic TV Antenna TV digital side channel will sign on Jan. 1 at midnight ET with 27 hours of the Three Stooges in 50M potential broadcast and cable homes, including the Trib's stations and others not announced yet: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/1

Re: [TV orNotTV] Buffy remake not penned by Whedon...

2010-12-01 Thread Wesley McGee
http://j.mp/fmQWZ4 Looks like Whedon was given the opportunity to write it, and he said no thanks. Wonder how the fandom will take that (given how Whedon seemed to egg them on with his open letter http://j.mp/hLjqTT ). -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message becau

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: Bushes, Bush's, or Bushs

2010-12-01 Thread Melissa P
Response from my sister: "Bushes.Yes, we have "permission" to make the plural pronouncible" who -- until she was laid off -- did grammar for a living. Melissa P On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Kevin M. wrote: > This is popping up in blog after blog and dozens of news stories, but > I'

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: Bushes, Bush's, or Bushs

2010-12-01 Thread Jon Delfin
It's possible (but very unlikely) that MLA differs from CMoS on Bushes/Bush's. But unless you're preparing a piece for a publication that uses MLA, what does it matter? If you pick a style manual and stay consistent within it, you're golden. By the way, the NYTimes manual also includes the double-

RE: [TV orNotTV] OT: Bushes, Bush's, or Bushs

2010-12-01 Thread Doug Fields
That, I couldn't answer at the moment. The CMoS has always been the Bible for me, through all my university classes and work experience. I don't have copies of the other references to give a definitive answer. Maybe I'll pop down to the library tonight and research it. Doug Fields Tampa, FL -

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Apparently French Craig had a guest host

2010-12-01 Thread David Bruggeman
No translation of the video, yet. However, the French coverage of Arthur's guest host, Michael Youn, that I force-fed through Google Translate suggests at least part of his presentation was about making a more French opening title sequence (generique en Francais, apparently) to appease the Amer

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: Bushes, Bush's, or Bushs

2010-12-01 Thread Kevin M.
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Doug Fields wrote: > From the sixteenth edition of the Chicago Manual of Style: > The correct usage would be "The Bushes are blue-bloods." Here is where I again get nit-picky -- is this the same in the AP and MLA style manuals? I only ask because I've seen more th

[TV orNotTV] Re: OT: Bushes, Bush's, or Bushs

2010-12-01 Thread Ron Casalotti
Time, USA Today, The Nation and thr New York Times all use 'Bushes' for the plural. As mentioned earlier,'Bush's"is only used in the possessive. I'd go with the -es. Ron Casalotti Wayne, NJ On Dec 1, 2:03 am, "Kevin M." wrote: > This is popping up in blog after blog and dozens of news stories,

[TV orNotTV] Re: Scottish Conan Guy being ripped off by the French.

2010-12-01 Thread Michael
Hmmm. That word is just a little to close to "Pinko" - which, politically-speaking, should be anathema to the current host of "The Price Is Right." On Nov 30, 11:30 pm, "Kevin M." wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Michael wrote: > > That "Casblanca" coda was a blast - and vintage C-Ferg

RE: [TV orNotTV] OT: Bushes, Bush's, or Bushs (resend of the resend)

2010-12-01 Thread Doug Fields
Apparently my mail client insists on running separate unpunctuated lines together into one long sentence. I'm forcing the formatting with a little punctuation. I've pre-proofed this version, so there won't be any more updates of this email. :) >From the sixteenth edition of the Chicago Manua

RE: [TV orNotTV] OT: Bushes, Bush's, or Bushs (resend)

2010-12-01 Thread Doug Fields
(Resending to correct the formatting of the examples) -Original Message- From: Doug Fields [mailto:d...@flids.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 5:33 AM To: 'tvornottv@googlegroups.com' Subject: RE: [TV orNotTV] OT: Bushes, Bush's, or Bushs >From the sixteenth edition of the Chicago

RE: [TV orNotTV] OT: Bushes, Bush's, or Bushs

2010-12-01 Thread Doug Fields
>From the sixteenth edition of the Chicago Manual of Style: - 7.8 Plurals of proper nouns Names of persons and other capitalized nouns normally form the plural by adding s or es. Rare exceptions, including the last example, are generally listed in Webster's. Tom, Dick, and Harry; pl. Toms, D

[TV orNotTV] Re: Apparently French Craig had a guest host

2010-12-01 Thread JW
> While I'd read that Arthur canceled his Monday taping, there's this video > with a guest host. Not knowing French, I could only tell that there were a few > references to CBS, and what I would assume to mild French nationalism. The > guest host did slap the camera as SCG is wont to do. > > Howeve

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: Bushes, Bush's, or Bushs

2010-12-01 Thread Wesley McGee
Oh, I don't think "apostrophe s" is ever right in this case. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this grou

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: Bushes, Bush's, or Bushs

2010-12-01 Thread Wesley McGee
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Kevin M. wrote: > This is popping up in blog after blog and dozens of news stories, but > I'm having trouble pinning down the correct grammatical form. I asked > on my Facebook and a few people have weighed in (including Ed from > this list -- thanks, Ed). I though