Re: [TV orNotTV] Question for the braintrust...

2012-05-29 Thread PGage
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking for some good, entertaining music videos that tell a story. The music should have wide appeal, meaning that obscure hip-hop song that you love but nobody else knows isn't what I'm looking for. It should also

[TV orNotTV] Re: Jay Airs YouTube Video, NBC Then Cites Infringement

2012-05-29 Thread Gary
Donz, has the AFL gang migrated to facebook? Is that where everyone is? Gary On May 26, 4:50 pm, donz5 do...@aol.com wrote: Cited earlier this week in afl/fb: http://splitsider.com/2012/05/an-open-letter-to-jay-leno-about-steali... -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Jay Airs YouTube Video, NBC Then Cites Infringement

2012-05-29 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Gary garycolin_cliff...@yahoo.com wrote: Donz, has the AFL gang migrated to facebook? Is that where everyone is? I'm not Donz, but the answer is yes. Anybody who contributes to this list is welcome to join. It is a closed group so you have to search

[TV orNotTV] Re: Jay Airs YouTube Video, NBC Then Cites Infringement

2012-05-29 Thread Gary
Thanks Tom. Gary On May 29, 3:56 pm, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Gary garycolin_cliff...@yahoo.com wrote: Donz, has the AFL gang migrated to facebook? Is that where everyone is? I'm not Donz, but the answer is yes. Anybody who contributes to this

Re: [TV orNotTV] Question for the braintrust...

2012-05-29 Thread Steve Timko
There's no story arc or plot, but for me few videos set a mood as well as :Brimfull of Asha, about the woman who dubs all the Bollywood songs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM7H0ooV_o8 Enimen's Lose Yourself is pieced together from an actual movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRhEcKHU5LY --

RE: [TV orNotTV] Question for the braintrust...

2012-05-29 Thread Melissa P
Katy Perry's Waking Up in Vegas -Original Message- From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin M. Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:00 AM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: [TV orNotTV] Question for the braintrust... I'm looking for some

[TV orNotTV] Re: Question for the braintrust...

2012-05-29 Thread donz5
Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun (http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=RqQn2ADZE1A) Madonna - Papa Don't Preach (http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=RkxqxWgEEz4ob=av2e) On May 28, 11:59 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking for some good, entertaining music videos that tell a story. The

RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: Question for the braintrust...

2012-05-29 Thread doug
There are lots of songs that tell stories...the problem is, the best of them are older, pre-video era. There's not a lot of good story-telling songs that have been put to interesting video, unless it's just live performance videos. After a good couple of hours' worth of thought, these are the best

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Question for the braintrust...

2012-05-29 Thread Trevor Tymchuk
The first video that popped into my head is a current hit - Call Me Maybe, by Carly Rae Jepsen. http://youtu.be/fWNaR-rxAic Trevor On May 28, 11:59 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking for some good, entertaining music videos that tell a story. The music should have wide

[TV orNotTV] Jesse, stoned

2012-05-29 Thread Jon Delfin
News that might matter only to Kevin and me: Jesse Stone movie series canceled http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118054686?refCatId=14 -- 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

[TV orNotTV] Anthony Bourdain travels to CNN for new series

2012-05-29 Thread Trevor Tymchuk
Anthony Bourdain will have a new TV destination starting next year. The chef/author/globe-trotting TV host has joined CNN and will host a new prime-time weekend series that will debut in early 2013. The show is part of an effort to broaden the news channel's weekend programming and set it apart

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Question for the braintrust...

2012-05-29 Thread M-D November
If you were looking for story songs (video element aside), you could do far better from the Harry Chapin catalog than Cat's in the Cradle. That's arguably his most famous song, but it's generally a pastiche of getting older rather than a straight up story. I'd have gone with W*O*L*D, Sniper,

[TV orNotTV] Re: Anthony Bourdain travels to CNN for new series

2012-05-29 Thread M-D November
So...CNN is trying to become MORE like MSNBC (and, to a lesser extent, Current)? On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 3:00:58 PM UTC-4, Trevor Tymchuk wrote: Anthony Bourdain will have a new TV destination starting next year. The chef/author/globe-trotting TV host has joined CNN and will host a new

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesse, stoned

2012-05-29 Thread David Risner
I have liked the series, but I guess at 44 I'm part of the older demographic? -- David Risner On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote: News that might matter only to Kevin and me: Jesse Stone movie series canceled

Re: [TV orNotTV] Question for the braintrust...

2012-05-29 Thread David Bruggeman
Perry's Last Friday Night fits as well (arguably a younger version of Waking Up In Vegas David From: Melissa P takingupspace...@gmail.com Subject: RE: [TV orNotTV] Question for the braintrust... Katy Perry's Waking Up in Vegas -Original Message-

[TV orNotTV] Longtime WB First-Run Syndication Boss Dies at 59

2012-05-29 Thread Mark Jeffries
Jim Paratore came to Warners when Time Warner bought Lorimar-Telepictures in the mid-90s and merged it into WB Television (along with his network programming counterpart at Lorimar Les Moonves)--among the many series he developed for Warners were Rosie O'Donnell and Ellen DeGeneres' talk shows

[TV orNotTV] Re: Anthony Bourdain travels to CNN for new series

2012-05-29 Thread Bob in Jersey
He'll also, per this report, contribute to other CNN programming. I wonder if this will include the political kind... -- 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,

[TV orNotTV] So long, Al Gordon

2012-05-29 Thread Bob in Jersey
Well-travelled comedy writer who started as one of Jack Benny's new guys, went on to work with Carol Burnett and Tony Orlando Dawn. Last week in LA; 89. NY

Re: [TV orNotTV] Question for the braintrust...

2012-05-29 Thread Kevin M.
No not story songs. Looking for music videos with a clear story. -- 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 post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesse, stoned

2012-05-29 Thread Kevin M.
I liked the most recent/final installment because it brought the series closer to the Parker novels. I realize they were never going to be identical (the novel Jesse is a young kid, and the PPD was larger than four people), but things started to take a turn when they veered away from the books

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Anthony Bourdain travels to CNN for new series

2012-05-29 Thread Kevin M.
I'm sure there are fans out there, but is he really a big get for CNN? I just don't see him drawing in viewers. -- 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 post to this

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Question for the braintrust...

2012-05-29 Thread Mark Jeffries
But don't get into all of the reaction videos to this song, which is more about various personages known and unknown showing off, including Kathie Lee and Hooda (just search call me maybe in YouTube for examples): Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, May 29, 2012

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesse, stoned

2012-05-29 Thread Mark Jeffries
Considering that the broadcast nets have pretty much gotten out of movies and minis, it's not all that surprising. In fact, all involved with the Stone series deserve a medal for keeping on as long as they did. Hallmark Hall of Fame moved this year to ABC from CBS and has gone into the tank (and

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Anthony Bourdain travels to CNN for new series

2012-05-29 Thread Mark Jeffries
I sense that they're trying to get back to the early CNN, when Elsa Klensch and Showbiz This Week and Valerie Voss' travel show, among other taped shows, were linchpins of the weekend schedule. Of course, this was when they did actual news every hour--and no one does that anymore on weekends

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesse, stoned

2012-05-29 Thread Jon Delfin
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com wrote: Does HBO really do them that good and Lifetime and Syfy that bad that the nets don't want to do movies anymore? Movies cost millions to

[TV orNotTV] Re: Jesse, stoned

2012-05-29 Thread Diner
On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 2:55:05 PM UTC-4, Jon Delfin wrote: News that might matter only to Kevin and me: Jesse Stone movie series canceled http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118054686?refCatId=14 Matters to me, too. A damn shame. Crazy that being in the top ten doesn't matter anymore.

[TV orNotTV] LATV: Lucey, Good Day begin next chapters

2012-05-29 Thread Bob in Jersey
As the social-media griping over Dorothy's axing continues, and she scoffs at any 'official' sendoff from Fox 11, a tearful Jillian begs forgiveness for ripping her on the Stern show, and slammed the Times for perpetuating an old battle... LA Times Show Tracker http://lat.ms/M4qnAN -- BOB

Re: [TV orNotTV] LATV: Lucey, Good Day begin next chapters

2012-05-29 Thread Kevin M.
And nothing of value was lost On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: As the social-media griping over Dorothy's axing continues, and she scoffs at any 'official' sendoff from Fox 11, a tearful Jillian begs forgiveness for ripping her on the Stern show, and

Re: [TV orNotTV] Dave with Reege (filling in for Piers)

2012-05-29 Thread David Bruggeman
Reege could be a very effective replacement for Morgan.  The show would quickly start resembling latter-day King, but that's not always a bad thing. David From: Melissa P takingupspace...@gmail.com Subject: [TV orNotTV] Dave with Reege (filling in for Piers)

Re: [TV orNotTV] Anthony Bourdain travels to CNN for new series

2012-05-29 Thread PGage
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Trevor Tymchuk altst...@gmail.com wrote: Anthony Bourdain will have a new TV destination starting next year. The chef/author/globe-trotting TV host has joined CNN and will host a new prime-time weekend series that will debut in early 2013. The show is part

[TV orNotTV] Re: Dave with Reege (filling in for Piers)

2012-05-29 Thread donz5
Dave credited Randy Cohen for the Top Ten concept. But back in 1998, Gerard Mulligan credited Steve O'Donnell. A major issue. :) On May 29, 10:17 pm, Melissa P takingupspace...@gmail.com wrote: Not sure I learned anything I didn't already know, but not a bad way to spend the hour.   Lots of