Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: American Auto

2021-12-23 Thread PGage
Loved BOT… On Thu, 23 Dec 2021 at 6:09 PM Kevin M. wrote: > Not a new premise, not new jokes, not good casting. The premise of the > pilot episode is borrowed quite a bit from an episode of Better Off Ted, > which was a favorite show of mine that nobody watched. Better Off Ted did > it better. >

[TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: American Auto

2021-12-23 Thread Kevin M.
Not a new premise, not new jokes, not good casting. The premise of the pilot episode is borrowed quite a bit from an episode of Better Off Ted, which was a favorite show of mine that nobody watched. Better Off Ted did it better. Episodes 1 & 2 on the Hulu -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Being The Ricardos

2021-12-23 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 10:57 AM Melissa P wrote: > The article title caught my attention: > > Perspective | Three things Aaron Sorkin doesn’t understand: Comedy, > sitcoms and women > > What "Being the Ricardos" gets wrong about Lucille Ball and television > history. > > By Annie Berke > > > htt

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Being The Ricardos

2021-12-23 Thread Melissa P
The article title caught my attention: Perspective | Three things Aaron Sorkin doesn’t understand: Comedy, sitcoms and women What "Being the Ricardos" gets wrong about Lucille Ball and television history. By Annie Berke https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/14/aaron-sorkin-lucille-ball

RE: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Being The Ricardos

2021-12-23 Thread Brad Beam
My go-to says the earliest documented use of the word (as a common verb) is 1969. https://wordsmith.org/words/gaslight.html From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin M. Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2021 12:52 To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Being The Ricardos

2021-12-23 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 9:25 AM PGage wrote: > What is the argument for the side that says “gaslight” would not have been > used in the 1950s? There was a famous film titled “Gaslight” released in > 1944. Does Twitter think everything was invented in the last ten years? > Nobody’s disputing the

Re: [TV orNotTV] New Years Eve TV shows cancelled or scaled back

2021-12-23 Thread M-D November
Indeed - the only network that's made any sort of announcement about a cancellation or reduction in scale is (strangely enough) FOX - they've cancelled the "Toast & Roast" with Joel McHale & Ken Jeong. NBC is still promoting the crap out of "Miley & Pete Do Miami", CNN is still pimping the hel

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Being The Ricardos

2021-12-23 Thread PGage
What is the argument for the side that says “gaslight” would not have been used in the 1950s? There was a famous film titled “Gaslight” released in 1944. Does Twitter think everything was invented in the last ten years? On Thu, 23 Dec 2021 at 7:41 AM Kevin M. wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Being The Ricardos

2021-12-23 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 6:03 AM Jim Ellwanger wrote: > One thing that really stuck in my craw is Sorkin having CBS executive > Clark Gregg saying something to the effect of “…if we tape a show Friday > night.” > > No one would have referred to “taping” a TV show in 1952. Videotape had > literally

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Being The Ricardos

2021-12-23 Thread Jim Ellwanger
One thing that really stuck in my craw is Sorkin having CBS executive Clark Gregg saying something to the effect of “…if we tape a show Friday night.” No one would have referred to “taping” a TV show in 1952. Videotape had literally just been invented, and videotape equipment that was suitable f