Re: [TV orNotTV] The Tonight Show Orchestra

2015-02-25 Thread Mark Jeffries
And from the era when Carson refused to appear at 11:15, since more and more affiliates were doing half-hour late newscasts. Ed and Skitch Henderson ended up hosting those 15 minutes, which had to be heavy on band numbers (with perhaps the occasional chick singer or standup) until NBC finally drop

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jon Stewart exits The Daily Show

2015-02-25 Thread Mark Jeffries
A TBS series. Sam is writing the show, but won't be in it--so she could still be in the running for host. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 8:34 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > And the new host of the Daily Show WON'T be... > > Jason Jones, who is shooti

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Tonight Show Orchestra

2015-02-25 Thread Kevin M.
A little click-work on my part and my best guess is the pianist in question was a young Dave Frishberg, but don't quote me on that. Please don't. On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 1:47 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > No, Brubeck had glasses from a young age. Chec

[TV orNotTV] Dr Katz live

2015-02-25 Thread Kevin M.
To celebrate 20 years since its debut (and, yes, I feel old typing that) Dr Katz will be conducting therapy sessions in April with some of his regular patients in Austin TX, though to me they need Jon Benjamin on stage, too, or it won't quite be the same. http://www.avclub.com/article/dr-katz-prof

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Tonight Show Orchestra

2015-02-25 Thread 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
No, Brubeck had glasses from a young age.  Checking Wikipedia on Tonight Show orchestra members, I can't find any David listed on piano. David From: Joe Hass To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] The Tonight Show Orches

[TV orNotTV] America's Next Top Chalk Outline

2015-02-25 Thread Kevin M.
Former contestant of Who Wants To Be Tyra Banks shot dead (along with two others who weren't on crappy TV shows so will rarely get mentioned in the news), making the expression "Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse" a reality. http://www.mercurynews.com/celebrities/ci_27596103/ame

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: The Death Of Journalism (warning: vent)

2015-02-25 Thread Kevin M.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Joe Hass wrote: > Considering there were plenty of sources in that story they could've > called, including the fact this is defined as "an open secret" among > Chicago criminal lawyers, I don't think they're trying particularly hard. > > Yeah, not sure who in Chic

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: The Odd Couple

2015-02-25 Thread Doug Eastick
Your Felix comparison to Sheldon was on my mind too when i was watching the pilot. On Feb 25, 2015, Diner wrote: > >On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 11:53:41 PM UTC-5, MelissaP wrote: >> >> They didn’t do gay jokes back in the 1970s. Felix was just assumed >to be >> straight. >> >> >> >> Of

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: The Death Of Journalism (warning: vent)

2015-02-25 Thread Joe Hass
Considering there were plenty of sources in that story they could've called, including the fact this is defined as "an open secret" among Chicago criminal lawyers, I don't think they're trying particularly hard. On Wed Feb 25 2015 at 11:27:43 AM Steve Timko wrote: > I think part of the problem h

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: The Death Of Journalism (warning: vent)

2015-02-25 Thread Steve Timko
I think part of the problem here is that they are trying to independently verify it, as opposed to just cribbing it off The Guardian website. Sent from Blue Mail On Feb 25, 2015, 9:16 AM, at 9:16 AM, Joe Hass wrote: >The (UK) Guardian pushed a story yesterday morning about Homan Square >in >

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: The Death Of Journalism (warning: vent)

2015-02-25 Thread Joe Hass
The (UK) Guardian pushed a story yesterday morning about Homan Square in Chicago, a former Sears-Roebuck warehouse that now functions as a Chicago Police Department evidence warehouse. Oh, and a CIA-level black site where people are routinely brought in undocumented, physically and psychologically

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Tonight Show Orchestra

2015-02-25 Thread Diner
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 11:15:01 AM UTC-5, Joe Hass wrote: > > Was that Dave Brubeck on the piano? > > It's definitely not Brubeck, but I'm not sure who it is. (Though it does sound like Ed says "What have you got for us, David?" at the 50 second mark.) BTW, the date listed, 10/03

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: The Odd Couple

2015-02-25 Thread Diner
On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 11:53:41 PM UTC-5, MelissaP wrote: > > They didn’t do gay jokes back in the 1970s. Felix was just assumed to be > straight. > > > > Of course, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the series, so my memory > could be faulty. But it does contain one of my all

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Tonight Show Orchestra

2015-02-25 Thread Joe Hass
Was that Dave Brubeck on the piano? On Tue Feb 24 2015 at 12:19:13 AM Kevin M. wrote: > A jazz great, Clark Terry, passed away recently, a sad occasion, but the > Carson estate posted a clip of the band playing a song with Terry sitting > in on trumpet. > > http://youtu.be/oor9PHh9flQ > > Man, t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Lasally leaves CBS

2015-02-25 Thread Joe Hass
I still fondly remember Dave interviewing him after Johnny's death, how hesitant Lasally was to appear, and how Dave played the confident one, at one point telling him "You're doing fine." On Tue Feb 24 2015 at 10:52:10 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Wor

Re: [TV orNotTV] Why not call it Breakfast At Tiffani's?

2015-02-25 Thread Jon Delfin
They wanted to save it for the name of a future episode revolving around breakfast, which is not the overall thrust of the series? They thought it was too on the nose, and figured everybody would get the joke well enough by changing "breakfast" to "dinner"? On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 1:20 AM, M-D No