[TV orNotTV] Re: 'Grease' is the Word at Fox

Well, I called this. Granted, it was the wrong network and the wrong calendar period, but I called it. --Dave Sikula On Monday, April 28, 2014 12:36:37 PM UTC-7, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > Now that NBC's committing further to live telecasts of Broadway musicals, > Fox has announced a three-hour l

Re: [TV orNotTV] netflix - geek stuff

In addition to Open Connect, which is awesome and kind of mirrors what Cable companies are already doing for On-Demand stuff from what I understand, Netflix is also looking into peer-to-peer network to get around ISPs slowing down their traffic: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/0

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Craigyferg calls it quits

while I will somewhat miss him, I am not surprised. he wasn't going to do 12:30 am forever. And he wasn't right for 11:30. He's had his fun, developed himself, and wants to (or is financially able to?) move on. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message be

Re: [TV orNotTV] Craigyferg calls it quits

Given Mr. Capaldi should be into Series 8 by then, this seems eminently plausible.  Cross promote with an appearance on a Christmas Who? David From: Brad Beam To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 11:46 PM Subject: RE: [TV orNotTV] Cra

RE: [TV orNotTV] Craigyferg calls it quits

From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin M. >Gone this December. One can only hope that the final show closes with the Doctor spiriting Craig off to 1980s Glasgow to see this punk band he’s heard about…. _ _ |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV |_>|_>

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Last Week Tonight

Finally got a chance to watch Episode 1 tonight on HBOGO (dealing with some family stuff last night and forgot to set the DVR). I laughed a lot, but yes, it did feel a bit like "TDS Weekend". Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I think bringing a touch of the familiar works for Oliver, becau

[TV orNotTV] Variety exclusive on SCG departure

Courtesy of the Robot Skeleton Army News website: https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/craig-ferguson-i-wanted-to-leave-the-show-before-i-stopped-enjoying-it-exclusive-1201166239/ The URL hints at it, but apparently Dave stole Craig's thunder, and he's sticking around longer than he had planned. Da

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Grease' is the Word at Fox

On Monday, April 28, 2014 4:39:50 PM UTC-4, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > And it should be pointed out that Osnes was already an Equity cardholder > who was working at Minnesota's Chanhassen Dinner Playhouse, the same place > where Amy Adams started, when she entered into the show. I would think >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Craigyferg calls it quits

I think it's more likely that Geoff has mechanical trouble from time to time because he wasn't designed with his current use in mind. As Doug mentioned, he started life essentially as a 360 Systems Instant Replayconnected to a skeleton. I'd

[TV orNotTV] netflix - geek stuff

While netflix has been in the media on net neutrality, etc I have always been a TCP/IP internet geek. Over a year ago I learned that netflix was promoting some hardware that would get stored/sync'd data closer to customers at ISP locations - they called it OpenConnect. If your netflix says

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Last Week Tonight

Per Mark Evanier, the first episode is on the YouTubes - via HBO? http://www.newsfromme.com/2014/04/28/free-launch/  I don't subscribe to any of the pay channels, and while it sounds like a decent enough program, I'm not likely to tie the cord. David From: PG

[TV orNotTV] The first hour of eight days of Jack Bauer's life...

... aka all eight season premieres of "24" are available for free on iTunes right now https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/day-1-12-00-a.m.-1-00-a.m./id151788583?i=151960034 -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscri

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Craigyferg calls it quits

I don't know how determinative it is, but Geoff is credited to JRT (voice) and Grant Imahara (robot).  I think part of the reason Geoff has mechanical trouble from time to time is that it's tough for Grant to find time to come down from San Francisco to perform minor maintenance. David _

RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: Craigyferg calls it quits

He would have to belong to Worldwide Pants, unless there’s been some sort of contractual arrangement. Geoff was a character that spouted canned phrases (voiced by Josh) for a couple of years before Josh was brought in to voice him in real time for more spontaneous banter with the Scottish Cona

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Craigyferg calls it quits

I'm curious whose "intellectual property" is Geoff Peterson? From what I gather in his podcasts, JRT will be content to hang up the voice, but if he wasn't, could Geoff do a road show? On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 5:30 PM, donz5 wrote: > Sucks, but not surprising. He had been dropping hints ever sin

[TV orNotTV] Re: Craigyferg calls it quits

Sucks, but not surprising. He had been dropping hints ever since Dave's announcement. On Monday, April 28, 2014 8:23:34 PM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > Gone this December. > > http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=38787 > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- -- TV or N

[TV orNotTV] Craigyferg calls it quits

Gone this December. http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=38787 -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Last Week Tonight

Mostly agree with Kevin, though I would like to see more Bugle, and a little less TDS, in the future. I saw a headline from Variety somewhere that it played like the 5th episode of TDS for the week, which was pretty close. He does not need Zaltzman (though I like him, and their dynamic) but I think

[TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Last Week Tonight

Part Bugle, part Daily Show, with a sprinkle of sketch comedy. I laughed a lot, but much of what the show is can be seen/heard elsewhere, so John Oliver is the only real selling point. Frankly, I'd have preferred if Oliver periodically cut away to Andy Zaltzman (as he did in his stand up special),

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Grease' is the Word at Fox

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 2:43 PM, PGage wrote: > > > In my book Grease is still an inferior Musical, but it makes about one > thousand percent more sense than Peter Pan does. > > Inferior... and not really the right message for modern teenage girls. Also, as I once tried to tell a school principal

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Grease' is the Word at Fox

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > Now that NBC's committing further to live telecasts of Broadway musicals, > Fox has announced a three-hour live production of "Grease" next year, > presumably with the movie songs included: > > > http://www.thewrap.com/grease-live-musical-wo

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Grease' is the Word at Fox

On Monday, April 28, 2014 4:29:01 PM UTC-4, Jon Delfin wrote: > > Presumably with the movie songs included, yes, but that's not new. Those > songs were inserted into the first (Ricky Paull Goldin) revival, before > even the 2007 talent-search TV show that, happily, discovered the > legitimatel

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Grease' is the Word at Fox

And it should be pointed out that Osnes was already an Equity cardholder who was working at Minnesota's Chanhassen Dinner Playhouse, the same place where Amy Adams started, when she entered into the show. I would think that she would've made it to New York sooner or later--the reality comp just go

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Grease' is the Word at Fox

Presumably with the movie songs included, yes, but that's not new. Those songs were inserted into the first (Ricky Paull Goldin) revival, before even the 2007 talent-search TV show that, happily, discovered the legitimately splendid Laura Osnes. (A no-prize to anyone who can name the male winner of

[TV orNotTV] 'Grease' is the Word at Fox

Now that NBC's committing further to live telecasts of Broadway musicals, Fox has announced a three-hour live production of "Grease" next year, presumably with the movie songs included: http://www.thewrap.com/grease-live-musical-works-fox/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cont

[TV orNotTV] Re: Anybody here use TitanTV.com?

Unrelated, but I've been having problems with their mobile app not actually displaying a schedule. -- -- 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@goo

[TV orNotTV] Re: Anybody here use TitanTV.com?

Yes. It does that if you set it to six-hour format and have ad blocking turned on. If you turn your ad blocker off, you'll see that Titan puts a huge ad to the right of the grid. For some reason it doesn't mess with the default four-hour grid format. On Sunday, April 27, 2014 7:52:23 PM UTC-

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'Cards' producer to Maryland gov: Give us tax credits, or we'll bolt

Back on Feb 21st, I wrote: > > Not like the state didn't pay them anything... it's just that the > legislature can't decide on how much to appropriate for this year, putting > the third season on hold till a vote. > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/house-of-cards-threatens-to-