Someone sent me one of his two appearances. Huge bell-bottoms; it was
the wrong audience.
On Jan 18, 11:58 pm, Melissa Neal wrote:
> On Jan 18, 2011, at 10:18 PM, donz5 wrote:
>
> > To me, DK catered to the lamest, most overly-slick elements in pop
> > music. Perhaps that was more a reflection of
On Jan 18, 2011, at 10:18 PM, donz5 wrote:
> To me, DK catered to the lamest, most overly-slick elements in pop
> music. Perhaps that was more a reflection of the times, but either
> Kirshner truly believed in this crap as essential to our culture, or
> he recognized the potential for big bucks.
To me, DK catered to the lamest, most overly-slick elements in pop
music. Perhaps that was more a reflection of the times, but either
Kirshner truly believed in this crap as essential to our culture, or
he recognized the potential for big bucks. An older and more industry-
accomplished Artie Fufkin
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Diner wrote:
> Regis Philbin, Ricky Gervais, and the lost art of hosting
> By Alexandra Petri
> Contrast today's hosts to Regis Philbin. ...
> You never had the sense that he wanted to be the center of attention.
Um... who is Ms. Petri talking about? Because wh
I don't buy the comparison. The GG is not the same animal as a morning
talk show or an evening game show. The morning talk show includes an
adoring in-studio audience of media civilians. The evening game show
consists of both an in-studio audience and contestants of media
civilians.
The GG is not
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 5:16 PM, donz5 wrote:
> I'm likely in the minority, but I despised just about everything
> Kirshner did and promoted in the music biz.
I can't imagine coming to that conclusion at the time, even if it was
justified. I can state this - I was a teenager during this period an
If you read on the web, see post # 13.
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On Jan 18, 10:36 pm, "K.M. Richards" wrote:
> 7 Days was on UPN, not the WB. For whatever that's worth to the
> discussion.
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On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:02 AM, M-D November wrote:
> Assuming the series David is referring to is "7 Days", it was definitely
> time travel (albeit short range) and not a flashback. The "Backstep" device
> was used to send a person back in time 1 week to prevent a catastrophic
> event.
>
We
On Jan 18, 2011, at 5:40 PM, Bradford wrote:
> I think Melissa was being sarcastic.
Yep. Remember when Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork thought it would be a great idea
to have Hendrix open for the Monkees? All those teenyboppers yelling "We want
Davy!" while Hendrix vainly tried to play over the n
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/compost/2011/01/regis_philbin_ricky_gervais_an.html
Posted at 5:54 PM ET, 01/18/2011
Regis Philbin, Ricky Gervais, and the lost art of hosting
By Alexandra Petri
Regis Philbin announced today that he was retiring from Live with
Regis and Kelly.
There are so few g
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"Torchwood" doesn't really fit the definition, because as much as Captain
Jack Harkness is a man out of time, time travel doesn't play a major role
within the action of the series. (All of Jack's time travel takes place
within "Doctor Who".) T
Oops; sorry, Melissa.
On Jan 18, 6:40 pm, "Bradford" wrote:
> I think Melissa was being sarcastic.
>
> (Not surprising since she was like that in college. I'm surprised
> martians weren't mentioned...)
>
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "donz5"
> To: "TVorNotTV"
> Sent: Tuesday, J
I think Melissa was being sarcastic.
(Not surprising since she was like that in college. I'm surprised
martians weren't mentioned...)
- Original Message -
From: "donz5"
To: "TVorNotTV"
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 4:15 PM
Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Don Kirshner, producer and TV ho
I (and I'm sure many others) e-mailed the Variety obit author
regarding "I'm a Believer" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling." The
current copy's since edited out any reference to Kirshner's
songwriting history.
The earlier version (as copied from above):
Don Kirshner, songwriter and producer, d
I'm likely in the minority, but I despised just about everything
Kirshner did and promoted in the music biz.
On Jan 18, 4:23 pm, Tom Wolper wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Diner wrote:
>
> > I never actually saw "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert" - I was eight years
> > old when it started
On Jan 18, 2:47 pm, Melissa Neal wrote:
> On Jan 18, 2011, at 10:42 AM, Diner wrote:
>
> > Songwriter and rock producer Don Kirshner died of heart failure on
> > Monday at the age of 77 in Boca Raton, Fla. Kirshner wrote "You've
> > Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and managed songwriting talent includin
Glenn Beck was all over Philadelphia on his radio show today--could it
because CBS-owned WPHT, his former home base, is dumping him (and Sean
Hannity) as of Monday?:
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Jilted_Glenn_Beck_tells_nation_Philadelphia_is_not_a_place_you_want_to_be.html
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On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Diner wrote:
>
> I never actually saw "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert" - I was eight years
> old when it started, and it was on way past my bedtime. But I do
> remember Paul Shaffer's very funny impression of him on SNL. As with
> Dan Aykroyd's impression of Tom Snyd
Ah, the shows about guys returning to being teenagers I was thinking
of premiered in 2002: "Do Over" on The WB and "That Was Then" on ABC.
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On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:04 AM, M-D November wrote:
> "Torchwood" doesn't really f
On Jan 18, 2011, at 10:42 AM, Diner wrote:
> Songwriter and rock producer Don Kirshner died of heart failure on
> Monday at the age of 77 in Boca Raton, Fla. Kirshner wrote "You've
> Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and managed songwriting talent including
> Neil Sedaka, Carole King, Howard Greenfield a
A 4-1 vote (Copps the predictable dissenter), now the Justice Dept. is
the only obstacle (and they'll probably give final approval with
conditions involving quashing competition)--Al Franken's not too happy
right now:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2011/01/the_federal_communications_com
"Torchwood" doesn't really fit the definition, because as much as Captain
Jack Harkness is a man out of time, time travel doesn't play a major role
within the action of the series. (All of Jack's time travel takes place
within "Doctor Who".) There was one episode in the first series ('Captain
Assuming the series David is referring to is "7 Days", it was definitely
time travel (albeit short range) and not a flashback. The "Backstep" device
was used to send a person back in time 1 week to prevent a catastrophic
event.
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On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:51 AM, David Risner wrote:
> Isn't any show that uses the worst plot device in the world of
> starting with the action sequence and then coming back after the
> credits with "3 days earlier" really a time travel episode?
I don't think so. That is more of a flashback de
Certainly worse than Gene Roddenberry taking money for the "Star Trek" theme
because he wrote lyrics for it that weren't sung.
FWIW, the lyrics are crap, though Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) did her best to make
them sound lovely.
David
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Subject: [T
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Mark J. wrote:
> The end of an era as Philbin, 79, leaves his daily show after 28 years
> (23 of them as a national program) in the fall--ABC/Disney says the
> show will continue with a new co-host for Kelly Ripa:
>
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/18/reg
7 Days
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About 5 or so years ago, there were two TV series, one on WB/CW and
the other, I think, on ABC that were the dude wakes up as a teenager
again. If I remember correctly, the ABC one bombed quickly and the
WB/CW one lasted for a season. I think the WB/CW one was a 1/2 hour
comedy while the ABC one w
This is worse than Carson taking 50% for Paul Anka's "Tonight Show
Theme."
On Jan 18, 12:22 pm, Diner wrote:
> On Jan 18, 12:00 pm, donz5 wrote:
>
> > Barry Mann and Neil Diamond might take issue.
>
> > On Jan 18, 11:42 am, Diner wrote:
>
> > >http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030420?refCatI
On Jan 18, 12:00 pm, donz5 wrote:
> Barry Mann and Neil Diamond might take issue.
>
> On Jan 18, 11:42 am, Diner wrote:
>
> >http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030420?refCatId=16
>
> > Don Kirshner, songwriter and producer, dies
> > 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling,' 'I'm a Believer' among writ
Barry Mann and Neil Diamond might take issue.
On Jan 18, 11:42 am, Diner wrote:
> http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030420?refCatId=16
>
> Don Kirshner, songwriter and producer, dies
> 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling,' 'I'm a Believer' among writer's
> works
> By Sam Thielman
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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030420?refCatId=16
Don Kirshner, songwriter and producer, dies
'You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling,' 'I'm a Believer' among writer's
works
By Sam Thielman
Songwriter and rock producer Don Kirshner died of heart failure on
Monday at the age of 77 in Boca Raton, F
The end of an era as Philbin, 79, leaves his daily show after 28 years
(23 of them as a national program) in the fall--ABC/Disney says the
show will continue with a new co-host for Kelly Ripa:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/18/regis-philbin-leaving-live_n_810219.html?utm_campaign=011811&utm
On Jan 17, 10:26 am, Ron Casalotti wrote:
> "Peabody, here..."
>
> The 'Mr. Peabody and Sherman" featurette as part of "Rocky and his
> Friends" and "The Bullwinkle Show" featured time travel in every
> episode via the WABAC machine, a device named a la mode of the time
> when UNIVAC ruled the t
Two phrases come to mind when I hear "Golden Globes":
Cairo Pennysaver
and
Pia Zadora.
So I think of any reaction as overreaction.
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