Re: [TV orNotTV] Facebook To Networks: You Should Hear How They Talk About You

2013-10-01 Thread Jon Delfin
62 is dang-near 70? You people are cold. On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.comwrote: Jon Delfin, to Joe Hass: Point of order: Melissa Manchester is still with us. Sidebar: I will always believe that Material Girl is ripped off in part from You Should Hear

Re: [TV orNotTV] Facebook To Networks: You Should Hear How They Talk About You

2013-10-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
Jon Delfin, to moi: 62 is dang-near 70? You people are cold. *I'm* cold. (We just had frost in the Valley in the last week.) Maybe I'm thinking of Debbie Harry? B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[TV orNotTV] Amazon Deal of the Day (Oct 1st): The X-Files Collection on DVD

2013-10-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
The whole series, and the movies. $89.99, till the wee hours of the 2nd (east). Caution: very busy when I checked.

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: Life After iGoogle?

2013-10-01 Thread PGage
This list contains some of the most internet savvy people I know, so I am posting this non-TV question here (well, tangential TV connection - I do use iGoogle to house and organize TV and pop culture RSS feeds). I have been aware for a year or more that iGoogle was terminating itself, but I have

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Life After iGoogle?

2013-10-01 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:25 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: This list contains some of the most internet savvy people I know, so I am posting this non-TV question here (well, tangential TV connection - I do use iGoogle to house and organize TV and pop culture RSS feeds). I have been

Re: [TV orNotTV] Facebook To Networks: You Should Hear How They Talk About You

2013-10-01 Thread Joe Hass
Oh, damnit: I was thinking of Laura Brannigan. From now on, if I cock up, just assume I wrote it when I was sleep deprived from the new kid. On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote: Point of order: Melissa Manchester is still with us. Sidebar: I will always

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Life After iGoogle?

2013-10-01 Thread Joe Hass
A quick search turns up http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/6-great-alternatives-igoogle.htm, which includes Netvibes and igHome (http://www.ighome.com/) On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:25 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Ferguson Calls Off CNN Hillary Doc

2013-10-01 Thread Tom Wolper
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 8:45 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: Charles Pierce of Esquire expressed my thoughts much better than I could have. http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/hillary-clinton-documentary-093013 I

Re: [TV orNotTV] Breaking Very, Very Good (No Spoliers)

2013-10-01 Thread Dave Sikula
I'll echo your feelings, and amplify them to say that I think BB -is- the best show in television history. The thing that astonishes me is how (at least from listening to Gilligan) seat-of-the-pants some of the plotting was. Things like not including the Schwartzes until they were reminded by a

[TV orNotTV] So long, Patricia Blair

2013-10-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
Sidechannel MeTV's continual recycling of *The Rifleman *(hotelkeeper Lou Mallory) and *Daniel Boone* (the pioneer's bride Rebecca) kept the Texas native consistently in the memories of its sometimes-forgetful target demo, e.g. Mother J... three weeks ago in southern NJ from the Big C; 80.

[TV orNotTV] Brits mixed on X Factor tweaking...

2013-10-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
A new addition from the show's Dutch version allows for last-minute switches by the panel... viewers compared it to *The Hunger Games* and a blood sport... some have even griped to Ofcom about it... and *it's coming to America!!* Meanwhile, Simon sez he couldn't give a sh!t about the stateside

[TV orNotTV] Dish and Disney reach temporary deal

2013-10-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
The satellite carrier came thisclose to losing ESPN, ABC *et al,* though it wasn't clear from this piece when the deadline was... or if the planned addition of a full-blown Southeastern Conference (college sports) network was complicating the deal...

[TV orNotTV] With the Fed Gov't Closed and the NWS at Reduced Staff, The Weather Channel Steps in to Name the 2013-14 Winter Storms.

2013-10-01 Thread Wesley (in Colorado)
I guess this is the second year of TWC's experiment to annoy meteorologists my giving storms cutesy names. Check the footnote at the end. http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-names-2013-2014-20131001 *Atlas (AT-lus)*: From Greek mythology; on the losing side

[TV orNotTV] Re: With the Fed Gov't Closed and the NWS at Reduced Staff, The Weather Channel Steps in to Name the 2013-14 Winter Storms.

2013-10-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
The Federal courts are not regarded as non-essential operations, *ergo* the applicable offices/departments can still sue the b*stards at Commiecast. B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: No spoilers, sweetie

2013-10-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
Back on July 28th, Brad Beam wrote: For “Doctor Who”’s 50th anniversary, the BBC and its global broadcast partners have reached an agreement to air the November 23 special simultaneously – or November 24, from about Pakistan eastward.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Breaking Very, Very Good (No Spoliers)

2013-10-01 Thread martilawre...@gmail.com
I absolutely agree. There are many shows that have had magnificent parts, pieces of the puzzle, but none that excelled so brilliantly *(and broke new ground)* in storytelling, character growth *(especially characters becoming more evil),* camera work* (the unique point-of-view camera angles

[TV orNotTV] George Will to FNC

2013-10-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
The Pulitzer-winning WaPo columnist and 30+-year vet of ABC's *This Week*apparently will jump ship immediately, for lack of contrary info in this Wrap piece: http://www.thewrap.com/fox-news-hires-george-will/ B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: With the Fed Gov't Closed and the NWS at Reduced Staff, The Weather Channel Steps in to Name the 2013-14 Winter Storms.

2013-10-01 Thread David Lynch
On 1 October 2013 19:18, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: The Federal courts are not regarded as non-essential operations, *ergo*the applicable offices/departments can still sue the b*stards at Commiecast. According to a friend of mine, the courts are considered non-essential, but

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: With the Fed Gov't Closed and the NWS at Reduced Staff, The Weather Channel Steps in to Name the 2013-14 Winter Storms.

2013-10-01 Thread PGage
On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 6:48 PM, David Lynch djly...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 October 2013 19:18, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: The Federal courts are not regarded as non-essential operations, *ergo*the applicable offices/departments can still sue the b*stards at Commiecast.