On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Kevin M. wrote:
> Kevin Pollak dramatically modifies his pay-per-view plans for KPCS.
> The first 100 episodes are bundled into four seasons. At $4.99 per
> season, it boils down to 20 cents per show. All future shows will be
> free until there are enough to bund
I actually like what Cinemax has been doing with their interstitials and
bumps - it's almost like they brought in the Adult Swim folks to help them
craft an identity away from "HBO with soft-core pROn." Add in some original
programming and a decent helping of promotion, and TimeWarner could fin
Kevin Pollak dramatically modifies his pay-per-view plans for KPCS.
The first 100 episodes are bundled into four seasons. At $4.99 per
season, it boils down to 20 cents per show. All future shows will be
free until there are enough to bundle into the next season. And so on.
He explains:
http://ww
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 22:30, Dave Sikula wrote:
> The lesson any contestant will soon learn is "It's all about the
> buzzer."
>
> While my strategy had long been "Don't buzz in on anything you aren't
> sure of," it felt like Ken and Brad were following that until they
> realized that the only wa
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Doug Eastick wrote:
> On 2/14/2011 10:58 PM, PGage wrote:
>
>> My mother liked Sinatra and my father Nat King Cole, and they both liked
>> Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. Maybe they felt about Earth, Wind and Fire they way
>> I feel about Lady Gaga, but I don't think so.
- Original Message -
From: "Joe Hass"
This also adds a fair question: I assumed that part of the competition
would be that Watson could be tweaked after each game. Does this mean
that the IBM team had the opportunity to adjust during the game
itself? It's not like Brad or Ken could so
The lesson any contestant will soon learn is "It's all about the
buzzer."
While my strategy had long been "Don't buzz in on anything you aren't
sure of," it felt like Ken and Brad were following that until they
realized that the only way to beat the machine is to buzz on
everything and use the tim
Borrowing Joe's space...
From: Joe Hass
Subject: [TV orNotTV] JEOPARDY! Watson Day 1 "Results" (with spoilers)
Let me preface by saying that I was disappointed to find out that the
three-day program in fact only will contain two games. Today featured
simply t
On Feb 14, 2011, at 7:42 PM, Joe Hass wrote:
> There were only a couple real "issues" with Watson. On a clue
> requiring the question "What is he only had one leg?" Watson returned
> "What is leg?" and Alex ruled it wrong. I'm sure the judges would ask
> a human contestant to be more specific.
He
On 2/14/2011 10:58 PM, PGage wrote:
My mother liked Sinatra and my father Nat King Cole, and they both
liked Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. Maybe they felt about Earth, Wind and
Fire they way I feel about Lady Gaga, but I don't think so.
Did you just say Arcade Fire? (winner of album of the year)
h
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Kevin M. wrote:
>> So...here's the spoiler space
>>
>> Just some more spoiler space
>>
>> We need to add the spoiler space
>>
>> Because if we've learned anything
>>
>> It's that just putting letters S P O I L E R S P A C E
>>
>> Doesn't work on some mobile devi
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Joe Hass wrote:
> Let me preface by saying that I was disappointed to find out that the
> three-day program in fact only will contain two games. Today featured
> simply the Jeopardy round, and if you're used to a lightning quick
> game, this was horribly disappoint
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Tom Wolper wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Michael wrote:
> > You guys slay me sometimes. Playing with it and pandering are the same
> > thing here. It's friggin' pop music - which is all about mass appeal.
> > Deconstruction was something fresh in main
Let me preface by saying that I was disappointed to find out that the
three-day program in fact only will contain two games. Today featured
simply the Jeopardy round, and if you're used to a lightning quick
game, this was horribly disappointing. Alex was crawling along, and
watching it was extraord
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Michael wrote:
> You guys slay me sometimes. Playing with it and pandering are the same
> thing here. It's friggin' pop music - which is all about mass appeal.
> Deconstruction was something fresh in mainstream popular culture when
> Dave did it to talk shows back
"but the couple began a two-decade circuit of summer stock and other
theaters where they could perform togetherAccording to Andrew Parks, Ms.
Garrett often said, "If it hadn't been for the blacklist , we probably would
not have worked together as much.""
Gosh, that brings back a nice memory
Or the incongruity (to some) of really pretty harmonies in a tune about a booty
call.
David
From: scruffy
Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] [Grammy Notebook] I Should Have Done More Heroin...
On Feb 14, 2011, at 4:15 PM, David Lynch wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011
The Australian episode is on BBCA tonight, twice in the extended version. And
they seem to have two other extended episodes on between the first airing of
the
16x02 and the Xmas special and the repeat of same.
David
From: M-D November
To: tvornottv@google
The HBO sister, for years pigeonholed for having nothing distinct in
its movie fare beyond the softcore "Skinemax" stuff that nobody else
in premium TV does, is starting to creep into the original-programming
field... sources tell the NYPost among the possibilities are a series
inspired by the "Tra
On Feb 14, 2011, at 4:15 PM, David Lynch wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 02:09, PGage wrote:
>>
>> I am worried that my favorite performance of the night was Lady Antebellum.
>> If I start like country music will I become a Republican?
>
> Their song is catchy, but there's something about it t
>From a long career in theater, to the woman cabbie who wooed Sinatra
in MGM's "On The Town", back to the stage while blacklisted by
Hollywood, to telly roles on All in the Family and Laverne & Shirley,
and back to theater as late as 2001. 91.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/arts/television/14ga
You guys slay me sometimes. Playing with it and pandering are the same
thing here. It's friggin' pop music - which is all about mass appeal.
Deconstruction was something fresh in mainstream popular culture when
Dave did it to talk shows back in the day. Now, it's just another
format for the artist
> Are her pointy shoulder blades part of the atypicality that she was
> born with that she is singing so defiantly about, or was that some
> kind of prosthetic device?
Hey, =anything= can be prosthetized. I, tho, personally don't see
anything out of the ordinary in the **many** sufficiently-reve
Hmmm... only two blocks from my school. Alas, the school provided free
In N Out Burgers for everyone today, so I didn't have to leave campus
for lunch. That means no Baldwin sightings for me. If I'd had advanced
warming, I still would not have gone. But if I'm walking in Hollywood
and feel sick to
http://www.hollywoodwalkoffame.com/index.php?module=blogs&blog_id=36
Hollywood To Show Alec Baldwin The Love On Valentine’s Day
Published February 8th, 2011
HOLLYWOOD TO SHOW ALEC BALDWIN THE LOVE ON VALENTINE’S DAY
AS HE RECEIVES A WALK OF FAME STAR
WHO: Alec Baldwin
Emcee: Hollywood Chamber of
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Adam Bowie wrote:
[snip]
> One thing to note is that the BAFTAs don't air live in the UK. They're on a
> 1-2 hour delay which does mean that you can go online to find out the
> results ahead of them airing on TV. Quite why they do this year after year,
> I don't kn
I must admit that I didn't watch any of the BAFTA coverage this year, but
checking out what did air over here, there was indeed only half an hour of
red carpet coverage. It was "buried away" on BBC Three while the main event
was on BBC One.
So it looks like you got broadly speaking the same red ca
Oh, you kids and your rock and roll. We had this same conversation
about Madonna 30 years ago. Lady G will change tactics soon enough. If
she hasn't starred in an indie film by 2015, I'll be stunned.
jd
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Kevin M. wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:15 PM, David Lyn
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:15 PM, David Lynch wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 02:09, PGage wrote:
>> Lady Gaga scares me. I don't know her back-story, and have no context for
>> making sense of her. I am sure she has an inspiring and courageous story,
>> but she scares me. Something is wrong with
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 02:09, PGage wrote:
> Lady Gaga scares me. I don't know her back-story, and have no context for
> making sense of her. I am sure she has an inspiring and courageous story,
> but she scares me. Something is wrong with my ears, because her song sounded
> like Madonna to me, b
On Feb 14, 2:56 pm, Jon Delfin wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Mark J. wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > They went for a half-hour of the red carpet show instead, under the
> > assumption that the 25-to-54 female demo watches awards shows for the
> > clothes. (Adam or whoever: was the BBC1 s
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Mark J. wrote:
[snip]
> They went for a half-hour of the red carpet show instead, under the
> assumption that the 25-to-54 female demo watches awards shows for the
> clothes. (Adam or whoever: was the BBC1 schedule a half-hour red
> carpet, awards from 8 to 10,
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:09 AM, PGage wrote:
> so I could be as skinny as Mick Jagger. I think I wore the same pants size
> as him when I was in high school - he still wears them, I can't.
I was at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame about 15 years ago and there was
a showcase with clothes (costumes, r
Mark J., to Jon:
> And is or was Edith Bowman a BBC Radio 1 jock?
> And what reality show is she best known for presenting?--I found her
> voice interesting, some may've found it annoying.)
Wiki: She is still at The One, but was moved the other year from the
plum afternoon-drive show to Saturday
My cousin's husband Rich might remind you of Landon. Or of Casey
Kasem. (Sorry, no pix.)
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On Feb 13, 10:14 pm, Jon Delfin wrote:
> 2. BBC America chopped nine awards from the broadcast:
> Foreign film
> Cinematography
> Editing
> Production design
> Costume design
> Sound
> Make-up and hair
> Short animation
> Short film
>
> I'm torn between hating BBCA for showing such disrespect to
You and me both. He always struck me as a terrific phony, and I've
read he was just horrid to the crews on his shows.
--Dake Sikula
On Feb 13, 3:07 pm, PGage wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Kevin M. wrote:
> > Quickie Review: Highway to Heaven (Pilot, Part 1)
>
> > Michael Landon is j
so I could be as skinny as Mick Jagger. I think I wore the same pants size
as him when I was in high school - he still wears them, I can't.
Lady Gaga scares me. I don't know her back-story, and have no context for
making sense of her. I am sure she has an inspiring and courageous story,
but she sc
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