Re: [TV orNotTV] Parks & Rec Feeling "Community"

2013-10-26 Thread Joe Hass
On Friday, October 25, 2013, Bob in Jersey wrote: > > PGage, to moi: >> >> The NFL is probably very close to doing away with kickoffs all together. >> > > They tossed it to their competition committee as the 2012 reg. season > ended... never heard about it since. > The one suggestion I have heard

[TV orNotTV] Ned Flanders won't be widowered again

2013-10-26 Thread Brad Beam
Marcia Wallace, 70. http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/10/26/marcia-wallace-actress-from-the-simpsons-a nd-the-bob-newhart-show-dies-at-70/ "Simpsons" showrunner Al Jean notes in the attached article that Mrs Krabappel was not one of the show's characters in the dead pool, and will instead retire to L

Re: [TV orNotTV] Ned Flanders won't be widowered again

2013-10-26 Thread Joe Hass
As the husband of a teacher (who is also a Simpsons fan), we both were Mrs Krabappel fans on many levels, and loved the way Ms Wallace took the cartoon equivalent of a character actor and elevated her up (the real life example I'd use is Kellye Nakahara on M*A*S*H). In the immortal words of Bob Te

[TV orNotTV] NC GOP Precinct Chair Loses Job Over Racist Remarks on 'TDS'

2013-10-26 Thread Mark Jeffries
After Don Yelton made a series of racist remarks to Aasif Mandvi on a segment aired on Wednesday's "Daily Show," he was forced to resign from his position as a county precinct chair in North Carolina for the Republicans: http://www.thewrap.com/republican-precint-chair-resigns-lazy-blacks-comment

Re: [TV orNotTV] NC GOP Precinct Chair Loses Job Over Racist Remarks on 'TDS'

2013-10-26 Thread Joe Hass
Scene: a blackjack table at a casino somewhere. Yeltsin sits with a stack of chips and places about a quarter of them in the betting circle. First card: king Second card: king Dealer turns over a four. Yelton to dealer: "I'll split 'em" Dealer: "Excuse me?" Yelton (pushing a second stack of chips

[TV orNotTV] Refreshing... college football on Fox News

2013-10-26 Thread Bob in Jersey
Wasn't much else they could do... the game (Texas Tech @ Oklahoma), originally a 3.30 east start, was weather-delayed... they've started doing that a lot lately... the big network, where it started, had Game 3 of the Woild Series from 7.30 east... couldn't put it on FX... they were recapping *