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

2010-12-02 Thread JW
> Never wanting to be one to hide his ability to communicate in French, > here's my translation of what went down. If there are any further > questions, please let me know. R. Thank you very much. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV -- Laugh, Clown, Laugh

2010-12-02 Thread Kevin M.
Martin's Twitter feed has amused me today (in order from most recent to least recent): I am offering to erase my signature from signed books at 92nd St. Y. Trusting wife said she was not expecting “book chat” in the middle of love-making ordeal. Made love to wife. She demanded refund. -- Kevin

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV -- Laugh, Clown, Laugh

2010-12-02 Thread Kevin M.
Two more articles, both at least conceding that until the interview has been made public, it is difficult to fully judge the decision to offer refunds or an apology for it. http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/12/02/131750301/steve-martin-isn-t-predictable-enough-this-is-why-we-can-t-have-nice-

[TV orNotTV] Copps says TV news failing miserably

2010-12-02 Thread Bob in Jersey
But, he adds in both an interview with the Beeb and a Columbia U. speech, read by the LA Times, that the FCC he's sat on shares part of the blame: http://ow.ly/3jbwA -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: Feds back off to original net-neutrality plan

2010-12-02 Thread Bob in Jersey
The only significant difference is that broadband will not be reclassified as a telecom service; they'll vote on it Dec 21: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373670,00.asp -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo

[TV orNotTV] With Steve Harvey, ratings, viral video moments up for Family Feud. Weight down.

2010-12-02 Thread Wesley McGee
"We asked 100 men: Name a part of your body that's bigger than it was when you're 16." http://goo.gl/oZRB6 Family Feud's ratings have managed to go up by 36%, probably due to word spreading about his animated and exaggerated reactions to the contestants on the show, and the continuing surprises fo

Re: [TV orNotTV] Dish and Comcast Butting Heads, Sports Channels Could Be Disappearing

2010-12-02 Thread David Risner
Really makes you think that the anti-trust laws need to actually be enforced by not allowing the merger of Comcast and NBC. -- David Risner Software Engineer MERLOT, California State University On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Sean Healy wrote: > DISH and Cablevision are still fighting over M

Re: [TV orNotTV] Dish and Comcast Butting Heads, Sports Channels Could Be Disappearing

2010-12-02 Thread Sean Healy
DISH and Cablevision are still fighting over MSG - which has been gone since Oct 1st. DISH offered a free month of the other regional sport stations to subscribers who had MSG; that disappeared on Nov 1st. The DISH "sorry to our customers, but MSG wants too much money" message on the channel that

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

2010-12-02 Thread David Bruggeman
Thanks for this. I guess part of the comedy was having Mr. Youn refer to himself as Arthur, or as if he was presenting his statement. Nothing about the puppets...oh well. David From: ryanv To: TVorNotTV Sent: Thu, December 2, 2010 8:29:56 AM Subject: [TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV -- Laugh, Clown, Laugh

2010-12-02 Thread David Bruggeman
There's a certain absurdity to the thing that might appeal to Colbert. David From: Jon Delfin Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV -- Laugh, Clown, Laugh SM will be Colbert's guest next week. Anybody think this will be discussed? (I don't) On Thu, Dec 2

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV -- Laugh, Clown, Laugh

2010-12-02 Thread Jon Delfin
SM will be Colbert's guest next week. Anybody think this will be discussed? (I don't) On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > Here, via The Awl, is a blog post that tends to lean the blame towards > Solomon. > > http://emdashes.com/2010/11/steve-martin-and-deborah-solom.php > > --

[TV orNotTV] Dish and Comcast Butting Heads, Sports Channels Could Be Disappearing

2010-12-02 Thread Mark J.
Comcast SportsNet California has been off of the satellite service since Nov. 24 after an arbitrator ruled in favor of Dish--both sides are now appealing to the FCC and the result could affect carriage on Dish of Comcast's other regional sports channels (and how Xfinity-Town could be handling renew

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV -- Laugh, Clown, Laugh

2010-12-02 Thread Joe Hass
Here, via The Awl, is a blog post that tends to lean the blame towards Solomon. http://emdashes.com/2010/11/steve-martin-and-deborah-solom.php -- 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

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

2010-12-02 Thread K.M. Richards
On Dec 1, 5:25 am, "Kevin M." wrote: > Here is where I again get nit-picky -- is this the same in the AP and > MLA style manuals? My recollection is that the AP style manual ("The Word") deals more with syntax, choice of words, and general writing style than it does matters like pluralizing prope

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV -- Laugh, Clown, Laugh

2010-12-02 Thread Joe Hass
Indeed, the best analogy would be this (and, sadly, it's a hypothetical one now): imagine buying tickets for "An Evening With Roger Ebert," only to find him talking for 40 minutes about rice pots. On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Joe Coughlin wrote: > The fault seems to be with the Y then for not

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV -- Laugh, Clown, Laugh

2010-12-02 Thread Joe Coughlin
The fault seems to be with the Y then for not making it clear what this night was to be about. For $50, I don't think as many people would want to hear what Martin thinks about art. They were interested in his career as a whole. I think the Y should have asked Solomon what they were after and then

[TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV -- Laugh, Clown, Laugh

2010-12-02 Thread Mark J.
On Dec 2, 11:31 am, Joe Coughlin wrote: > It all depends on how the show was promoted. If it was "An Evening With > Steve Martin" without any addiional note on content, then people have a > right to be upset. If it was "Steve Martin Talking About His New Book", then > they don't. They don't, bu

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV -- Laugh, Clown, Laugh

2010-12-02 Thread Joe Coughlin
It all depends on how the show was promoted. If it was "An Evening With Steve Martin" without any addiional note on content, then people have a right to be upset. If it was "Steve Martin Talking About His New Book", then they don't. On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > Martin's rea

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi-TV: Russia to host 2018 World Cup, Qatar in 2022

2010-12-02 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 8:59 AM, David Lynch wrote: I guarantee you that Russia -- my neighbors to the north -- will put on quite a show. More than a few fans of the football there. > Qatar has 600,000 people and has yet to actually qualify for a World > Cup (but will get an automatic spot as tou

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV -- Laugh, Clown, Laugh

2010-12-02 Thread Kevin M.
Martin's reaction via Twitter (SteveMartinToGo): So the 92nd St. Y has determined that the course of its interviews should be dictated in real time by its audience's emails. Artists beware. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you

[TV orNotTV] Semi-TV: Russia to host 2018 World Cup, Qatar in 2022

2010-12-02 Thread David Lynch
http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/5874550/russia-wins-2018-world-cup-us-awaits-vote Hope all you soccer fans are prepared to wake up early/stay up late again. There's an 8-hour difference between the east coast and both countries, comparable to 7 for South Africa. It's actually going to b

[TV orNotTV] BBC's iPlayer soon to be an iPad app...

2010-12-02 Thread Kevin M.
... globally available like Hulu. iApprove http://www.macworld.com/article/156136/2010/12/bbc_iplayer_ipad.html?lsrc=rss_main -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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 po

[TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV -- Laugh, Clown, Laugh

2010-12-02 Thread Mark J.
On Dec 2, 9:23 am, "Kevin M." wrote: > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Wesley McGee wrote: > > Wow, this short-URL is almost perfect --http://goo.gl/JoJke > > > When an interview at the 92nd Street Y with Steve Martin about his high-brow > > book (An Object of Beauty --http://goo.gl/XUej3) woun

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV -- Laugh, Clown, Laugh

2010-12-02 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Wesley McGee wrote: > Wow, this short-URL is almost perfect -- http://goo.gl/JoJke > > When an interview at the 92nd Street Y with Steve Martin about his high-brow > book (An Object of Beauty -- http://goo.gl/XUej3 ) wound up being too high > brow for folks expectin

[TV orNotTV] NotTV -- Laugh, Clown, Laugh

2010-12-02 Thread Wesley McGee
Wow, this short-URL is almost perfect -- http://goo.gl/JoJke When an interview at the 92nd Street Y with Steve Martin about his high-brow book (An Object of Beauty -- http://goo.gl/XUej3 ) wound up being too high brow for folks expecting "funny movie-star" Steve Martin, 92nd Street wound up offeri

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

2010-12-02 Thread ryanv
Never wanting to be one to hide his ability to communicate in French, here's my translation of what went down. If there are any further questions, please let me know. R. Starting at 0.44 : Ay-yi-yi. As you know, this week has been particularly difficult here. Since this past Tuesday, I, Arthu

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

2010-12-02 Thread Dave Sikula
I checked with someone at Yahoo! edit services, and our style guide calls for "Bushes," too. That is all. --Dave Sikula On Nov 30, 11:03 pm, "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.