Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesus Christ John Legend (and Co)

2018-04-02 Thread PGage
Oh I recall the reference, and your reason for instituting it. I just wondered if using his name would attract so much attention. I just found a video of him singing the song, looked like at a concert, not a clip from a full performance On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 7:40 PM Melissa P wrote: > It's not

[TV orNotTV] Jay Leno drives KITT

2018-04-02 Thread Kevin M.
I do regularly check out Jay Leno’s Garage (the YouTube channel, not the CNBC series), and it is hit or miss with equal frequency. But I was a Knight Rider kid, so I got a kick out of seeing Leno drive an original KITT. I’ve seen several replicas at car shows, but this was one of the ones actually

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesus Christ John Legend (and Co)

2018-04-02 Thread Melissa P
It's not supposed to be on social media, so I wonder how you found it? (I couldn't although I did see Merle's explanation of its existence). "HWCNBN" has become a tradition of this list, dating back to the filming of a particular episode of Will and Grace (which makes me sad to think about becaus

[TV orNotTV] OT: coachella

2018-04-02 Thread Doug Eastick
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/04/01/coachella-marijuana-judge/ Seems that weed is OK at Coachella this year. I've been there 5 times. Unsure if anyone from this list has done the event, but thought I'd pass this along. fyi - my only intakes at 30+C heat there has been water and food. -

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesus Christ John Legend (and Co)

2018-04-02 Thread M-D November
NBC appears to be offering it on their site w/o login. (Unless I'm missing something.) https://www.nbc.com/jesus-christ-superstar/video/jesus-christ-superstar-live-in-concert/3689643 On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 9:10:42 PM UTC-4, Doug Eastick wrote: > > fyi that magent link worked for me. the

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Steven Bochco

2018-04-02 Thread Doug Eastick
don't forget to read the replies to this tweet. https://twitter.com/JayKogen/status/980817410465841153 On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 6:12 PM Diner wrote: > Veteran comedy writer Jay Kogen liked Bochco's shows, but was, ahem, not > crazy about Bochco as a person: > > https://twitter.com/JayKogen/stat

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesus Christ John Legend (and Co)

2018-04-02 Thread Doug Eastick
fyi that magent link worked for me. the vertical resolution is not 720p, but the show is sufficient for me. I've added it to my plex server and will sync to mobile when I get on to decent wifi (currently in St. Johns NL this week). On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 9:58 PM Doug Eastick wrote: >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Did your family stick with one network over the other?

2018-04-02 Thread Doug Eastick
nope.We had the 3 US nets, plus the 3 Canadian ones (CBC, CTV, Global) in early 80's. Although I do remember a cousin visiting once and saying "ABC is the best," but I do not recall their justification. My personal preferences in early 80's was NBC and CBS, but that's because we didn't get AB

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesus Christ John Legend (and Co)

2018-04-02 Thread Doug Eastick
if anyone finds a Betamax copy online of JCS (NBC version) from 1-April-2018, please give me a direct email. I'd like to watch the whole thing. Thoughts from the past 24 hours: * as a (largely) atheist, I had to read Wikipedia about the main story of JCS. * My brother than mother played the albu

[TV orNotTV] Did your family stick with one network over the other?

2018-04-02 Thread daniel anderson
I was thinking- We watched ABC shows back then- we almost agreed on everything then- with exceptions being daytime game shows on NBC, and maybe a few others. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesus Christ John Legend (and Co)

2018-04-02 Thread PGage
Thanks for the head’s up Melissa, with a little Google it was easy to find (are there really haters out there still punishing it’s that reference him directly?). I enjoyed it - though he is probably a little too far on the other end of the screaming 70’s spectrum for me (again, Legend, for me, is G

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Steven Bochco

2018-04-02 Thread PGage
Adam Scott tweeted today that Bochco have hom hos first tv job on Murder One. I have watched the whole show at least three times and never connected that to him. He also tweeted the photo. On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 5:39 PM Kevin M. wrote: > Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue set standards other show

Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

2018-04-02 Thread daniel anderson
Would make sense- i don't remember Hugh Downs doing anything in Burbank for NBC.(he might have done the Today Show there after RFK was assassinated, but that's likely it.) On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 4:55:39 PM UTC-4, Jon Delfin wrote: > > Hugh Downs's "Concentration" taped in NYC. > > On Mon, A

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesus Christ John Legend (and Co)

2018-04-02 Thread 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
NBC is promoting it for free on its app. I checked in and out of this one, which is more than I can say for any of the other live theater on TV of the last few years.  While my parents were the right age to be playing the album/cast album and/or movie soundtrack when I was growing up, I don't ha

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesus Christ John Legend (and Co)

2018-04-02 Thread Tom Wolper
On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 1:15 PM, PGage wrote: > I have had a couple of friendly but passionate debates the Gethsemane > number already this morning. Couple of things about that: > > 1. I liked Legend’s performance on every other number better than > Neeley’s. On this one, I would give the nod to N

Fw: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Kicking around Sinclair

2018-04-02 Thread 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
Meant to send this to the whole list, not just Steve.  Apologies. David - Forwarded Message - From: David Bruggeman To: Steve Timko Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018, 4:34:13 PM EDTSubject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Kicking around Sinclair It's a version of the bit Conan used to do with much,

Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

2018-04-02 Thread Jon Delfin
Hugh Downs's "Concentration" taped in NYC. On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 4:34 PM, M-D November wrote: > Hugh Downs "Concentration" or Alex Trebek "Classic Concentration"? (Never > understood why that show was called "Classic Concentration" - other than > Coke's bungling of their own brand in the 80's

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Steven Bochco

2018-04-02 Thread Diner
Veteran comedy writer Jay Kogen liked Bochco's shows, but was, ahem, not crazy about Bochco as a person: https://twitter.com/JayKogen/status/980817410465841153 On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 4:18:33 PM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > I hadn’t seen this photo before, where the cast of LA Law rec

Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

2018-04-02 Thread M-D November
Hugh Downs "Concentration" or Alex Trebek "Classic Concentration"? (Never understood why that show was called "Classic Concentration" - other than Coke's bungling of their own brand in the 80's seemingly make Classic somehow cool again...) On Friday, March 30, 2018 at 12:55:18 PM UTC-4, daniel

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Steven Bochco

2018-04-02 Thread Kevin M.
I hadn’t seen this photo before, where the cast of LA Law recreated a Mad Magazine cover (with Bochco as Alfred E) https://mobile.twitter.com/joe_a_blevins/status/980628381619408897 On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 7:58 PM Steve Timko wrote: > Chevy Chase actually has a good point, but being Chevy Chase

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesus Christ John Legend (and Co)

2018-04-02 Thread Melissa P
HWCNBN's version of Gethsemane is the most stunning version of the song ever recorded. Unfortunately, I can't share it on a message board! On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 1:15 PM, PGage wrote: > I have had a couple of friendly but passionate debates the Gethsemane > number already this morning. > -- Y

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesus Christ John Legend (and Co)

2018-04-02 Thread PGage
I have had a couple of friendly but passionate debates the Gethsemane number already this morning. Couple of things about that: 1. I liked Legend’s performance on every other number better than Neeley’s. On this one, I would give the nod to Neeley even though I preferred how Legend did the end of

[TV orNotTV] Re: Kicking around Sinclair

2018-04-02 Thread Steve Timko
And a cartoon. https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/980831860707201024?s=19 ⁣Not sent from an iPhone​ On Apr 1, 2018, 12:42 PM, at 12:42 PM, Steve Timko wrote: >Here is a story about this. >Link >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesus Christ John Legend (and Co)

2018-04-02 Thread Diner
I had a few quibbles - the vocal mix early on was poor, making it hard to decipher the lyrics, but was fixed by the second hour; John Legend wasn't quite up to the vocal demands of "Gethsemane," but worked his way around it with phrasing; and the cheering of the crowd at inopportune moments was

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesus Christ John Legend (and Co)

2018-04-02 Thread Doug Eastick
I watched the first 15 minutes and then had to do something else. I'll try to find it online later. The live tweets from legend's wife are quite the thing. And follow this tweet quoting from Prady https://twitter.com/billprady/status/980659471918686208?s=19 On Mon, Apr 2, 2018, 2:43 AM PG

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesus Christ John Legend (and Co)

2018-04-02 Thread PGage
This was bugging me enough I went back and watched parts of it again. I guess the dancers are not singing at all, and it looks like there are some background singers near the band who are singing the chorus. But either they needed a big group, or the mix was off a little. On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 11