Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: Kevin Smith now "Too late to fly"

2010-12-07 Thread Joe Coughlin
People make mistakes. I'm sure checking your medicine accidentally happens all the time. On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Jim Ellwanger wrote: > > On Dec 7, 2010, at 8:12 PM, M-D November wrote: > > > If the aircraft has to declare an emergency, ATC would probably divert it > to the closest airpo

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: Kevin Smith now "Too late to fly"

2010-12-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Dec 7, 2010, at 8:12 PM, M-D November wrote: > If the aircraft has to declare an emergency, ATC would probably divert it to > the closest airport with the facilities to handle that particular type of > aircraft (in VX's case, the A320 narrowbody). Absolutely, although "sick passenger" does

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Bewkes: I could see HBO a la carte

2010-12-07 Thread David Bruggeman
He might have been referring to getting specific HBO channels, rather than the whole family of HBO channels. My impression (I haven't subscribed in years) is that the premium channels typically come bundled when ordering them via satellite or cable. For instance, when I was trying (and failing

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: Kevin Smith now "Too late to fly"

2010-12-07 Thread M-D November
On Tuesday, December 7, 2010 2:04:23 PM UTC-5, Jim Ellwanger wrote: (Albuquerque was basically right on our planned flight path and is served by Continental anyway, so they could make the fuel and maintenance arrangements relatively easily; the only airport VA serves anywhere in "flyover country" i

[TV orNotTV] Re: Bewkes: I could see HBO a la carte

2010-12-07 Thread M-D November
OK, color me confused, but...isn't HBO already ala carte? Sure, most cable subscribers probably get HBO as part of a tiered package, but can't pretty much anyone with the right STB add HBO for approx. $10 a month? -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because yo

[TV orNotTV] What's on Anthony Zuiker's plate

2010-12-07 Thread Bob in Jersey
Three shows set up at CBS (celeb bodyguard, Texas lawman, CIA), one at CW (three-woman paranormal procedural), a plan to bring novel- character Sqweegel back for the CSI-Vegas finale, and others on the drawing board: http://www.deadline.com/2010/12/csi-creator-sells-quartet-of-drama-projects/ -

[TV orNotTV] Lie To Me cut short

2010-12-07 Thread Bob in Jersey
The truth about its future is all over somebody's face(s). TVbtN: http://goo.gl/DypTA -- 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 email to tvornottv@googlegrou

[TV orNotTV] Bewkes: I could see HBO a la carte

2010-12-07 Thread Bob in Jersey
NYPost: But the Time Warner head isn't rushing to force TV providers to make it so... even as the pioneering programmer's viewership drops (by a million and a half this year)... he'll wait and see how their new online-availability-to-verified-subscribers thing goes... http://goo.gl/cGO6V -- BOB

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'The Best Idea I Ever Had'

2010-12-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Dec 7, 2010, at 2:55 PM, Mark J. wrote: > For producer Lee Mendelson, that was to change his idea of a > documentary about Charles Schulz and "Peanuts" to "A Charlie Brown > Christmas." He did make the documentary, called "A Boy Named Charlie Brown," in 1963; it wasn't released for years (al

[TV orNotTV] 'The Best Idea I Ever Had'

2010-12-07 Thread Mark J.
For producer Lee Mendelson, that was to change his idea of a documentary about Charles Schulz and "Peanuts" to "A Charlie Brown Christmas." celebrating its 45th anniversary tonight on ABC--Mendelson talks about how the show was put together: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2010/12/pos

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Stern to SXM: No (Bleeping) Pay Cut

2010-12-07 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Mark J. wrote: > With his unprecedented $100M a year contract with Sirius XM due to run > out a week from Thursday and an exec for the satellite service > suggesting that he take a pay cut, this morning on SXM's airwaves the > former King of All Media gave his opini

[TV orNotTV] SemiTV: Al Jazeera Getting Slot on Pacifica Stations

2010-12-07 Thread Mark J.
The lefty non-com station group known for its eternal internal squabbles (right now, its SF market flagship KPFA is in a dither over firings of its morning drive show hosts and producer and a war between the CWA union and lunatic fringe radicals who want the station to be 100% volunteer, calling th

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

2010-12-07 Thread Chris Neuman
A small quibble, but it is possible for back-to-back World Cup finals to be on the same continent. While it is currently a FIFA policy to rotate them, FIFA's track record quite clearly shows FIFA policy to be as liquid as the cash you're willing to pay. Chris -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (

Re: [TV orNotTV] Portia de Rossi turned down DWTS

2010-12-07 Thread David Bruggeman
This season's crop weren't exactly compelling, so I can expect to know absolutely none of the next bunch. From: Bob in Jersey Subject: [TV orNotTV] Portia de Rossi turned down DWTS Despite that producers offered a same-sex dance partner. A casting director t

[TV orNotTV] Dr Oz ripped for nurse dancing bit

2010-12-07 Thread Bob in Jersey
A November segment about a nurse who lost weight through dance degraded into a gratuitous bit involving dancers costumed in old- school nurse outfits and high heels with hints of their underthings, prompting angry complaints from nursing-advocacy groups... some sources report that Oz has apologized

Re: [TV orNotTV] Portia de Rossi turned down DWTS

2010-12-07 Thread Joe Coughlin
No connection to her, connection is to DWTS. The photo illustrates both the show and Mrs. Degeneres. On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: > Despite that producers offered a same-sex dance partner. A casting > director tells Popeater season 12 will have "the most boring bunch of >

[TV orNotTV] Portia de Rossi turned down DWTS

2010-12-07 Thread Bob in Jersey
Despite that producers offered a same-sex dance partner. A casting director tells Popeater season 12 will have "the most boring bunch of stars ever". http://www.popeater.com/2010/12/06/portia-de-rossi-dancing-with-stars/ Who's the dancer in the left-hand picture...Cloris Leachman? What's her conn

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: Stern to SXM: No (Bleeping) Pay Cut

2010-12-07 Thread Mark J.
With his unprecedented $100M a year contract with Sirius XM due to run out a week from Thursday and an exec for the satellite service suggesting that he take a pay cut, this morning on SXM's airwaves the former King of All Media gave his opinion on that in no uncertain terms: http://blogs.forbes.c

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: Kevin Smith now "Too late to fly"

2010-12-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Kevin M. wrote: > ...(he touts her experience, but the fact remains the door was closed > when he arrived at the gate -- if she has experience, shouldn't she know > there are occasionally airline employees who close the door early, > because I'm not experienced but even I know that)... I was somew

[TV orNotTV] OT: Kevin Smith now "Too late to fly"

2010-12-07 Thread Kevin M.
Kevin Smith has more airline trouble. http://silentbobspeaks.com/?p=398 I've got to say, based on his own assessment of the situation, it was his "concierge" Dorothy who let him down, not the airline (he touts her experience, but the fact remains the door was closed when he arrived at the gate --

[TV orNotTV] Re: Turning out the lights for the last time

2010-12-07 Thread stan
On Dec 7, 12:09 am, PGage wrote: > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 7:20 PM, televisiongirl > wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: > > >> Don Meredith, the Cowboys' first real star, Monday-night NFL > >> broadcaster, passed last night following a brain haemorrhage in a > >> S

[TV orNotTV] "Hoff the Record"

2010-12-07 Thread Kevin M.
I made it two minutes into the pilot episode of Hasselhoff's reality series before regretting wasting the bandwidth it took to download it for free from the iTunes Store. The show begins with Hasselhoff giving a very woe-is-me voiceover, at one point mentioning he's lost mostly all his money. Then

[TV orNotTV] Re: Turning out the lights for the last time

2010-12-07 Thread Bob in Jersey
stan, to televisiongirl: > > Frank Gifford was just on ESPN's halftime show.  He had a number of really > > nice things to say but was nearly crying at the end of the interview.  Very > > sad. > > > TVG > > Oh, he was past 'nearly' crying. Conversely, Neal Fehnel, owner of most physical assets of