Re: [TV orNotTV] Former SNL star Victoria Jackson may run for Williamson County Commission

2014-02-04 Thread PGage
I in turn will stay with my position: Miller is a smarmy right wing asshole, while Jackson is bar-shit crazy. But I will grant this much to Kevin - some may prefer the former to the latter. On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 10:17 PM, David Bruggeman

Re: [TV orNotTV] Former SNL star Victoria Jackson may run for Williamson County Commission

2014-02-04 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 10:17 PM, David Bruggeman wrote: > Lovitz also doesn't seem interested in shoehorning the criticisms into > every opportunity he has to speak. The last few times Miller has been on > with Craig, he's brought it up when Craig was clearly not interested. I've > heard Lovitz

Re: [TV orNotTV] Former SNL star Victoria Jackson may run for Williamson County Commission

2014-02-04 Thread David Bruggeman
Lovitz also doesn't seem interested in shoehorning the criticisms into every opportunity he has to speak.  The last few times Miller has been on with Craig, he's brought it up when Craig was clearly not interested.  I've heard Lovitz lately on some comedy podcasts, and I didn't even know he was

Re: [TV orNotTV] Who's second in series lead totals?

2014-02-04 Thread David Bruggeman
Rough count of IMDB stats puts Robert Conrad at 10.  Two of them were spin-offs from other series, FWIW. A preliminary favorite for the active leader (though I don't expect him to add to the total). My sense is that anyone who would contend with Conrad is of a similar vintage (active primaril

Re: [TV orNotTV] Former SNL star Victoria Jackson may run for Williamson County Commission

2014-02-04 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 8:46 PM, PGage wrote: > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > >> Her opponent could run clips of her least funny SNL sketches in lieu of >> an attack ad. In other words, her opponent could run any of her SNL >> appearances... damning stuff. >> >> Can I just say

Re: [TV orNotTV] Who's second in series lead totals?

2014-02-04 Thread Kevin M.
Robert Conrad has to be in the running On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 8:58 PM, David Bruggeman wrote: > Given the recent news about Scott Bakula, I checked to see the number of > series where he played the lead. By my count, if the new NCIS goes to > series, it would be seven. > > It's not even half o

[TV orNotTV] Who's second in series lead totals?

2014-02-04 Thread David Bruggeman
Given the recent news about Scott Bakula, I checked to see the number of series where he played the lead.  By my count, if the new NCIS goes to series, it would be seven. It's not even half of Robert Urich's total (15).  For some reason I thought he'd be closer (or the gap smaller). Does anyon

Re: [TV orNotTV] Former SNL star Victoria Jackson may run for Williamson County Commission

2014-02-04 Thread PGage
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > Her opponent could run clips of her least funny SNL sketches in lieu of an > attack ad. In other words, her opponent could run any of her SNL > appearances... damning stuff. > > Can I just say that if Phil Hartman was still alive, he'd have ripped

Re: [TV orNotTV] Former SNL star Victoria Jackson may run for Williamson County Commission

2014-02-04 Thread Kevin M.
Her opponent could run clips of her least funny SNL sketches in lieu of an attack ad. In other words, her opponent could run any of her SNL appearances... damning stuff. Can I just say that if Phil Hartman was still alive, he'd have ripped Victoria Jackson, Dennis Miller, and Jon Lovitz new a-hole

[TV orNotTV] Former SNL star Victoria Jackson may run for Williamson County Commission

2014-02-04 Thread Trevor Tymchuk
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20140203/WILLIAMSON01/302030069/Former-SNL-star-Victoria-Jackson-may-run-Williamson-County-Commission "In recent years, Jackson has made a name for herself as an active Tea Party participant, conservative activist, outspoken opponent of President Barack Obama, and

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy! Game Theory

2014-02-04 Thread Joe Hass
One of the things I love about stories like this is the reaction to people who get the vapors about not doing things the "old way". Someone incorporates data into a more logical way of play, and you'd think they'd be putting magnets and coils near Art Flemming's grave. What I think Chu has done be

RE: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy! Game Theory

2014-02-04 Thread Brad Beam
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Bruggeman >I'm busy taking notes in case my exam this year was good enough to get to the audition... FWIW, I've been doing a statistical position study on "Jeopardy!" this season, and while it's logical that

Re: [TV orNotTV] Super Bowl

2014-02-04 Thread PGage
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Joe Hass wrote: > A question if someone knows it off the top of their head: a quick search > of Google isn't helping me. This "tradition" started with President Obama, > right? I don't see a note of someone from Fox (who had Super Bowl 42) > interviewing Dubya in 2

[TV orNotTV] RIP Richard "Nels Oleson" Bull

2014-02-04 Thread Kevin M.
Melissa Gilbert reported it on her Twitter feed and several news outlets confirmed it. He was 89. https://twitter.com/MelissaEGilbert/status/430732385429118977/photo/1 http://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/tv/tvguide/article/Little-House-on-the-Prairie-Star-Richard-Bull-Dies-5203929.php If Heav

[TV orNotTV] Jeopardy! Game Theory

2014-02-04 Thread David Bruggeman
Since the current champion's tactics got the attention of some press outlets (and the ire of some 'purists'), here's a more detailed story on Arthur Chu with credit to some of his predecessors who used (and/or developed) the tactics before him. http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2014/02/yes-

Re: [TV orNotTV] Tonight transition begins, and so do the layoffs

2014-02-04 Thread K.M. Richards
On Monday, February 3, 2014 11:54:26 AM UTC-8, MelissaP wrote: > > But it’s good to read that – finally -- LA is making progress toward using > the Universal City station (which has plenty of room) as transit a hub. I > know when I was there the last time, I wondered why more buses weren’t > ro

Re: [TV orNotTV] "RIP Local TV News"

2014-02-04 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > The 2000 Carol Marin experiment pretty much killed serious local > newscasts. I think Tom's right, both from the dead horse and reduced budget > spiral perspectives. The problem, fundamentally, is that there is > absolutely *no* hard news availab

Re: [TV orNotTV] "RIP Local TV News"

2014-02-04 Thread Joe Hass
The 2000 Carol Marin experiment pretty much killed serious local newscasts. I think Tom's right, both from the dead horse and reduced budget spiral perspectives. The problem, fundamentally, is that there is absolutely *no* hard news available in the majority of media markets (the newspapers are cut

Re: [TV orNotTV] Super Bowl

2014-02-04 Thread Joe Hass
A question if someone knows it off the top of their head: a quick search of Google isn't helping me. This "tradition" started with President Obama, right? I don't see a note of someone from Fox (who had Super Bowl 42) interviewing Dubya in 2008. On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 11:45 PM, PGage wrote: > I