[TV orNotTV] Re: Stealth Guests

2009-03-25 Thread dsikula
On Mar 25, 10:57 am, Michael mikethekn...@gmail.com wrote: Craig has his stable of unbilled drop-in guests doing sketchy stuff at the desk - Dave Foley, Henry Winkler (a Happy Days connection?), Betty White, etc. But the Kinney and Ross appearances were different, as in unscripted. As for

[TV orNotTV] Re: Pix: NBC swag from... 1989-90?

2009-03-23 Thread dsikula
I for one never realized that Chris Matthews starred in a cop show. --Dave Sikula On Mar 22, 7:59 am, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: The other day on a Freecycle group, where items are offered free for the taking, my dad answered an offer of several VHS movies I won't embarrass

[TV orNotTV] Re: Obama to appear on the Tonight Show 3/19

2009-03-21 Thread dsikula
On Mar 20, 8:22 am, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: I do have  a Leno observation/question that I think goes to why I like Dave and not him (though it may be more effect than cause). After Leno tells a joke he will occasinoally turn to the band and repeat half the set up and the punchline, at

[TV orNotTV] Re: That was quick

2009-03-18 Thread dsikula
On Mar 18, 10:53 am, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: A blind, deaf Amish guy who has never seen nor heard of television, Fallon, or Ferguson could have called it. Hey, I'm standin' right here! --Dave Sikula --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: Fallon's First Show

2009-03-05 Thread dsikula
On Mar 4, 8:55 pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: If you saw her with a look on her face that suggested she just smelled a really bad fart, it may have been during or near the end of a bit of businesses he was going about his chair that went on much too long, was pointless, and ended with a

[TV orNotTV] Re: Fallon's First Show

2009-03-04 Thread dsikula
On Mar 4, 6:17 am, Jason Carpio jcar...@gmail.com wrote: If anyone remembers that far back, did anyone say the same thing about Conan? Maybe and maybe the Who the heck is this guy? question. I agree that he needs time, but the primary differences for me are that Conan basically had no

[TV orNotTV] Re: Fallon's First Show

2009-03-04 Thread dsikula
On Mar 4, 3:00 pm, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: Conan could reliably get a 1.8 rating. If Fallon comes in over 1.5 NBC won't panic. The sign of a failing talk show host is the inability to book guests. Considering NBC will have 3.5 talk shows to book come fall, there's a chance that

[TV orNotTV] Re: Fallon's First Show

2009-03-03 Thread dsikula
On Mar 3, 7:10 pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with what Dave (and now I see he signs his posts Dake...and now I see sometimes he signs his posts Dave - wow, I never noticed that before) Sometimes it's Dave; sometimes it's Dake (thanks to Donz). Just depends on where the winds of

[TV orNotTV] Re: Family Guy beams in Star Trek: Next Generation crew

2009-03-01 Thread dsikula
On Feb 28, 4:08 pm, M-D November mdnovem...@gmail.com wrote: YACS!  In fact, it had a totally out-of-character Shut up, Worf! moment, when Picard says Oh, grow a sense of humor, Rocky Dennis! I am once again reminded why I don't watch the Family Guy. --Dave Sikula

[TV orNotTV] Re: OSCARs Deathroll

2009-02-25 Thread dsikula
On Feb 25, 5:17 am, Adam Bowie adam.bo...@gmail.com wrote: Mind you, the worst bit of the Oscars for me were the actorly soliliquies. I found them so gut-wrenchingly saccharine that I actually changed channels and only switched back when I thought the award was about to be announced. I

[TV orNotTV] Re: Well, not even Wolverine can't boost the ratings

2009-02-23 Thread dsikula
On Feb 23, 4:23 pm, Thomas Heald, Esquire toma...@gmail.com wrote: The Milk win for Penn seems more about California politics. and really I would like to see an anonymous vote total of which movie won by how much like you know, the election. In my mind, the Oscars are considered to be

[TV orNotTV] Re: RP: 2/23: Whywastheshowsolong.com?

2009-02-22 Thread dsikula
On Feb 21, 7:23 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Thomas Heald, Esquire toma...@gmail.com wrote: TALK SHOW DEATHMATCH ... * Jimmy welcomes Hootie and the Jonas Brothers. In one more week, you're going to have to start using last names for

[TV orNotTV] Re: Truth Squad: It is because the promo department says so ...

2009-02-19 Thread dsikula
On Feb 18, 6:14 pm, Thomas Heald, Esquire toma...@gmail.com wrote: The new hit 'Dollhouse' The highest-rated Friday night Fox science-fiction show of the season! ? --Dave Sikula --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received

[TV orNotTV] Re: Medium was rare, but still well done

2009-02-18 Thread dsikula
On Feb 18, 6:03 am, Wrecks landofa...@gmail.com wrote: After the strike, new episodes of Medium were rare for awhile, but I still think the series is well done.  Kuma watched it with me last night and he thinks the series has jumped the shark.  This was based on just this week's episode,

[TV orNotTV] Re: If he wins, who gets Heath Ledger's Oscar?

2009-02-18 Thread dsikula
On Feb 18, 1:22 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Karla Robinson karlasrobin...@zoominternet.net wrote: It turns out, the Academy has thought about this in great detail: http://tinyurl.com/bv8gvb My top choices: Jack Nicholson or Cesar

[TV orNotTV] Re: Amazing Race quote of the week

2009-02-17 Thread dsikula
On Feb 17, 5:37 pm, Maybe maybeso...@aol.com wrote: TVGuide.com: What were the rules? Could you just have rolled the cheese to the bottom, or did you have to try to carry it? Preston: You were supposed to use the carrier. You couldn't push it and you couldn't intentionally roll it down the

[TV orNotTV] Re: Our Kevin Saves SNL

2009-02-16 Thread dsikula
On Feb 16, 10:09 am, Ed Dravecky drave...@gmail.com wrote: PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: Then they held on the card of Baldwin as Godfather for a long time before going to the sign-off. All in all the last act had the feel of a show in which a skit had been pulled at the last minute.

[TV orNotTV] Re: Our Kevin Saves SNL

2009-02-16 Thread dsikula
On Feb 16, 1:47 pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 1:18 PM,  dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: Happened in SF, too. Though I can't imagine there was a sketch bad enough to not have made this week's lineup -- the Vincent Price sketch excepted (I even liked Wiig). I had high

[TV orNotTV] Re: Amazing Race quote of the week

2009-02-16 Thread dsikula
On Feb 16, 2:52 pm, Ed Dravecky drave...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed, and I can learn to live with the remixed theme song, but I do sorely miss Phil's a Roadblock is a task that only one team member may perform mantra.  And while this year's couple from Appalachia is not as generous or adorable

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Newest Member of the Onion News Team...

2009-02-13 Thread dsikula
On Feb 13, 9:27 am, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: Former CNN anchor Bobbie Battista: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/93207 I guess this makes Battista the first ex-TV newsperson I know of to use their real name at ONN (the male host of Today Now! is a former TV guy, but

[TV orNotTV] Re: Screen Shots of New 'Simpsons' Titles

2009-02-13 Thread dsikula
On Feb 13, 1:54 pm, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: From the screen shots, much like the original titles, only with more freeze-frame sign gags and in Glorious Fox High Definition: http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/02/sundays_simpsons_goes_hd_updat.php Hopefully, they've boosted the

[TV orNotTV] Re: Does 'SNL' Sound Suck or the Bands Suck?

2009-02-11 Thread dsikula
On Feb 11, 9:25 am, Pollak, Melissa F. mpol...@nsf.gov wrote: What can I say?  Dave nailed it. I find it amusing to contemplate: The message that SNL sends out to the TV audience:  these are good singers. The message that AI sends out to the TV audience:  these are good singers. Now,

[TV orNotTV] Re: Does 'SNL' Sound Suck or the Bands Suck?

2009-02-11 Thread dsikula
On Feb 11, 11:45 am, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: If I were programming the SNL music I would have omitted all of the AI type performers, pruned maybe two of the rap artists and taken a few more chances on lesser known but promising acts (and, disagreeing with Dave Sikula, I think this is

[TV orNotTV] Re: Does 'SNL' Sound Suck or the Bands Suck?

2009-02-10 Thread dsikula
On Feb 10, 1:54 pm, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: Rolling Stone feels that more weeks than not, musical guests don't come off well on SNL and that TV on the Radio this past week was the latest--a commenter says that Studio 8H's acoustics (the studio built for Arturo Toscanini and

[TV orNotTV] Re: VCR/DVD Combo Recommendation?

2009-02-04 Thread dsikula
On Feb 3, 7:20 pm, Ben Combee ben.com...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure why you lost those abilities, unless you were upgrading from a combo set.  Most HDTV's still have composite and S-Video inputs for using older devices. Exactly. I probably didn't phrase it well. We had a single unit with

[TV orNotTV] Re: People prefer television with commercials...

2009-02-04 Thread dsikula
On Feb 4, 1:33 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: In related news, black is white, and night is day. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090204/media_nm/us_commercials_1 Gee, wonder who funded the reasearch. --Dave Sikula --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not

[TV orNotTV] KQED/KTEH To Cut Budget and Lay Off Staff

2009-02-03 Thread dsikula
Guess it was inevitable that public broadcasting would take a hit. I only wish Michael Krasny was one of the employees in danger. Northern California Public Broadcasting will cut 13 percent of its budget and lay off 30 employees because the recession has reduced the corporate giving that funds

[TV orNotTV] Re: Anyone DVR the Super Bowl who can send me a clip?

2009-02-03 Thread dsikula
On Feb 3, 9:18 am, Steve Timko steveti...@gmail.com wrote: Specifically I'm looking for the segment right before the kick off in which Alex Flanagan talks about Kurt Warner and no second acts. I have an idea for a Web site and it will be a nice feature. As for payment. you'll have my undying

[TV orNotTV] Re: So long HBO?

2009-02-03 Thread dsikula
On Feb 3, 1:35 pm, Bradford bradfo...@dwx.com wrote: Bob Costas has signed with the MLB Network. But he's still going to work for NBC. MLB is saying that they are now Costas' exclusive cable outlet - which I guess means that HBO's occasional Costas NOW is history. Unless they bring in Costas

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread dsikula
On Feb 1, 1:39 pm, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv wrote: On Feb 1, 2009, at 9:54 AM, PGage wrote: I think we have t conclude that he is embarrassed about PP2 and   embarrassed to be using his friends and connections to SNL to pimp   it (I don't think he even mentioned the name of the

[TV orNotTV] Re: Did anyone see Jerry Lewis on the PBS comedy special?

2009-01-28 Thread dsikula
On Jan 27, 7:39 am, Steve Timko steveti...@gmail.com wrote: Talking about why he and Dean Martin split up. That was the most dark and malignant narcissism that I've seen. I knew Jerry Lewis was full of himself, but I didn't realize it was that bad. Ironically, in answering the question it

[TV orNotTV] Re: It's Wednesday...

2009-01-28 Thread dsikula
On Jan 28, 10:06 am, Ed Dravecky drave...@gmail.com wrote: Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: I always wanted to see Billy Mays on the Super Bowl. Maybe Billy Mays and Vince from ShamWow can fight to the death.  The winner would advance to fight Montel Williams.  (My money's on

[TV orNotTV] Re: Did anyone see Jerry Lewis on the PBS comedy special?

2009-01-28 Thread dsikula
On Jan 28, 3:25 pm, Steve Timko steveti...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:52 PM,  dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: I was thinking of a lot of comedy teams and performers who weren't mentioned in the two shows I saw but yet Moms Mabley was. Smacks of tokenism. Don't you go dissin' on

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Amazing Race 14 Teams Announced

2009-01-26 Thread dsikula
On Jan 26, 7:47 am, Joe Coughlin inturnaro...@gmail.com wrote: Other teams this season include pairs of stuntmen, Southwest Airlines flight attendants, former National Football League cheerleaders and University of Louisville college athletes. Brother-and-sister team Victor Jih, 35, and Tammy

[TV orNotTV] Re: Sigh ... Why This American Life on TV isn't the radio version ...

2009-01-21 Thread dsikula
On Jan 20, 12:47 pm, Thomas Allen Heald toma...@peoplepc.com wrote: We need stories with real drama, things unfolding, something at stake and characters we can relate to —' ideally, with people doing something that has a visual component to it. It's incredibly important to have something

[TV orNotTV] Re: With the Final Jeopardy! Category Moonlighting Game Show Hosts...

2009-01-20 Thread dsikula
On Jan 19, 1:04 pm, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: Your clue, players: Smug host of Jeopardy! since 1984, this native Canadian's hosting CBC reality comp Canada's Next Prime Minister: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090119/tv_nm/us_trebek Good luck. What is Troilus and Cressida?

[TV orNotTV] Re: RP: 1/17-18 : Changel

2009-01-18 Thread dsikula
On Jan 17, 11:20 am, Thomas Allen Heald toma...@peoplepc.com wrote: 11:30 p.m. Rosario Dawson rents SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (NBC). As of 12:04am, this is officially the worst SNL I've seen in years, and that cold opening may be the worst sketch I've ever seen; it didn't even garner the usual pity

[TV orNotTV] Re: truly obscure television show

2009-01-15 Thread dsikula
On Jan 15, 5:51 am, Jon Delfin jondel...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Anybody else remember The Piccadilly Palace? It was the 1967 summer replacement for The Hollywood Palace on ABC. (Yes, I'm old.) It was my first introduction to Morcambe and Wise (not to mention Millicent Martin), so yes; yes I do.

[TV orNotTV] Re: NPH Suits Up for 'SNL' Sat.

2009-01-12 Thread dsikula
On Jan 11, 6:59 pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: I did watch both of her songs. I don't want to be snarky, because I appreciate that she is a young female singer who seems not to be posing as a slut. Her voice, especially on the second song, seemed tinny and thin to me, but maybe that is

[TV orNotTV] Re: RP: 1/12 : American U-Haul

2009-01-12 Thread dsikula
On Jan 12, 6:35 am, Thomas Allen Heald toma...@peoplepc.com wrote: 7 p.m. Three-time Emmy winner, Golden Globe winner, and three-time Oscar presents herself for your consideration, INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO (Bravo). Oscar Madison? Oscar Meyer? Oscar the Grouch? Of whom are we speaking?

[TV orNotTV] Re: Way OT: California Question

2009-01-11 Thread dsikula
On Jan 10, 12:05 pm, Jon Delfin jondel...@nyc.rr.com wrote: At 02:26 PM 1/10/2009, you wrote: My wife is literally fearful of taking those long, long escalator rides deep into the bowels underneath DC, at least twice as deep as the BART stations in SF. Best not to take her to London, then.

[TV orNotTV] Re: ABC News declares that the War in Iraq is not worth the effort...

2009-01-10 Thread dsikula
On Jan 9, 2:55 pm, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Thomas Allen Heald toma...@peoplepc.com wrote: (AP) The Ohio man is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for a conservative Web site called pjtv.com. Wurzelbacher says he'll spend 10 days

[TV orNotTV] Re: If Only Michael Richards Had Handled It This Way...

2009-01-08 Thread dsikula
On Jan 7, 2:48 pm, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: I kinda like Kate, if only because she has a little bit of her mom Goldie in her.  But her film choices are bewildering (unless she knows that she'll never be a heavy-lifting actress).  And when your co-star in Bride Wars is our girl

[TV orNotTV] Re: Lionsgate Now Buying TVGN, tvguide.com

2009-01-07 Thread dsikula
On Jan 7, 10:25 am, Chris Neuman cneuma...@gmail.com wrote: A (selective) list of movies produced by Lionsgate: Requiem for a Dream Gods and Monsters American Psycho Monster's Ball Fahrenheit 9/11 Crash Akeelah and the Bee The Bank Job While I take your point that the chronological

[TV orNotTV] Re: NPH Suits Up for 'SNL' Sat.

2009-01-05 Thread dsikula
Ms. Swift is to music what Wiig is to sketch comedy. She should pay royalties to the guy who corrects her pitches. --Dake Sikula On Jan 5, 1:45 pm, Pollak, Melissa F. mpol...@nsf.gov wrote: I'm surprised he didn't host when he was Doogie Howser. And Kevin is right about the fiddler being

[TV orNotTV] Re: RP: 1/2 Summons Chanted Evening

2009-01-02 Thread dsikula
On Jan 2, 3:19 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I'm jealous. The original SportsNight set had no bonus features of any kind. Giving you less SportsNight? Sounds like the superior set. --Dave Sikula --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Like TV only smarter. You

[TV orNotTV] Re: RP: 12/31-1/1 Remote Rockin' Patrol

2009-01-01 Thread dsikula
On Dec 31 2008, 2:10 am, Thomas Allen Heald toma...@peoplepc.com wrote: * Kelli Pickler, Fergie The Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift and Lionel Richie, Natasha Bedingfield, Fall Out Boy, Jesse McCartney, Ne-Yo, Pussycat Dolls, Solange, Robin Thicke and Will.i.am ring in DICK CLARK'S PRIMETIME

[TV orNotTV] Re: Dick Clark ready to rock in the New Year again

2009-01-01 Thread dsikula
On Jan 1, 1:35 am, Maybe maybeso...@aol.com wrote: On Jan 1, 12:11 am, stan sta...@gmail.com wrote: I know it's a bit of a moon landing conspiracy theory, but how do we know that his segments aren't pre-taped? You had to listen carefully to understand him tonight, and that was at

[TV orNotTV] Re: Harry Shearer dead?!?

2008-12-20 Thread dsikula
Nothing over the AP wire as of 12:40 am. I would find few things more depressing. --Dave Sikula On Dec 19, 11:42 pm, Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire toma...@peoplepc.com wrote: Says Coast to Coast AM minutes ago. no net confirmation yet. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Like

[TV orNotTV] Re: Just remember it'll be the same quality at 10 p.m.

2008-12-19 Thread dsikula
On Dec 18, 9:25 pm, Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire toma...@peoplepc.com wrote: SCARLETT JOHANSSON ('THE SPIRIT') RAISES MONEY FOR USA HARVEST BY BLOWING HER NOSE ON NBC'S 'THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO' Unfortunately, it was probably more entertaining than the movie will be. --Dave Sikula

[TV orNotTV] Re: Nick Covering Inauguration

2008-12-18 Thread dsikula
On Dec 18, 1:26 pm, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: Phil Collins' daughter Lily and someone named J.J. will anchor the kids' channel's taped and edited coverage of the Obama inauguration Jan. 20, a first for the channel (where's Linda Ellerbee?):

[TV orNotTV] Re: HBO's 'Hung'

2008-12-18 Thread dsikula
On Dec 18, 2:48 pm, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: They're down for 10 episodes of a show from the creators of The Riches (with the pilot directed by Alexander Payne of Sideways) about a high school basketball coach (played by Thomas Jane) who is-- ahem--well-endowed:

[TV orNotTV] Re: Sun. Panel Shows Still Lily White

2008-12-16 Thread dsikula
On Dec 16, 10:52 am, K.M. Richards richard...@gmail.com wrote: On Dec 15, 1:20 pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: I thought Gregory did alright sunday, but I was disappointed he did not start a change that could have helped address this problem, which is return MTP to its roots of a panel

[TV orNotTV] Re: NBC to Plug Away During Super Bowl

2008-12-16 Thread dsikula
On Dec 16, 9:50 am, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: For the Peacock's biggest audience of the year, expect five minutes of promos during the game, with another two-to-four minutes at the half, emphasizing the Monday night Chuck/Heroes/Medium lineup and the new drama Kings (and perhaps

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'J--z in My Pants' on YouTube and NBC Can't Do a Thing

2008-12-16 Thread dsikula
On Dec 16, 2:14 pm, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: Or doesn't want to--the Andy Samberg vidclip (with cameos from Justin Timberlake and Jamie-Lynn Sigler) is posted on YouTube by Samberg himself to promote his band Lonely Island's forthcoming album, even though it was last Saturday

[TV orNotTV] Re: My annual trip to LA

2008-12-16 Thread dsikula
On Dec 16, 3:11 pm, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: I'm sorry to hear that Cynthia Stevenson grated on you in performance live--I think she's utterly delightful in almost everything I'm seen her in (Men in Trees most recently, along with one helluva ensemble that made up for Anne

[TV orNotTV] Re: Jimmy Fallon: Day Five - Questions

2008-12-13 Thread dsikula
On Dec 12, 11:54 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I may not always enjoy the current roster of late night talk show hosts, but I can at least understand why others might find them likable. Five days and roughly 20 minutes of streaming video later, and I still haven't found

[TV orNotTV] Re: Jimmy Fallon: Day Two - Fans of the Band

2008-12-12 Thread dsikula
On Dec 11, 9:28 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: \ The only way this visual gimmick, reminiscent of the late TRL, could work, would be if they shot the show out of sequence, taping the band segments first, then breaking to clean up the mess and reset the stage, then going on with

[TV orNotTV] Re: Letterman bit location closing

2008-12-11 Thread dsikula
Has the show ever been at Scores? Most of the hot stripper action has been at Flashdancers on Broadway. Donz? --Dave Sikula On Dec 11, 2:25 pm, Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire toma...@peoplepc.com wrote: nydailynews.com It's the last lap dance for Scores, the strip club empire whose comely

[TV orNotTV] Re: Do you have Tivo Guilt?

2008-12-05 Thread dsikula
On Dec 4, 1:54 pm, Tom Wolper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:51 AM,  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 3, 10:00 pm, Tom Wolper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know why this is limited to the TiVo. As the digitization of media leads to a flood of free media, we are all

[TV orNotTV] Re: Ms. Winfrey goes to Washington

2008-12-05 Thread dsikula
On Dec 4, 7:06 pm, Maybe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 4, 4:33 pm, Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe she'll give away an auto company to every audience member... No, she is cutting back due to the economy.  At the end of November, there was supposed to be an

[TV orNotTV] Re: Do you have Tivo Guilt?

2008-12-04 Thread dsikula
On Dec 3, 10:00 pm, Tom Wolper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know why this is limited to the TiVo. As the digitization of media leads to a flood of free media, we are all going to run into a time shortage where we load up on programs and just can't make the time to watch/listen/read them

[TV orNotTV] Re: RP: 12/2 Shadoobie ... Shatnered!

2008-12-02 Thread dsikula
On Dec 2, 3:09 am, Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Rather lambastes his fellow journalists for not just drinking the Flavor-Aid but mixing it too on THE IFC MEDIA PROJECT (IFC). You see, I would have said Kool-Aid, but that reference would be humorous but inaccurate

[TV orNotTV] Re: Do you have Tivo Guilt?

2008-12-02 Thread dsikula
On Dec 2, 7:47 am, Jason Carpio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have I'll get to that show when i have time syndrome http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/02/tivo.guilt/index.html Gosh, I just go buy another video tape. --Dake Sikula (Luddite and proud)

[TV orNotTV] Re: BCS Bowl Games Going to Cable

2008-11-20 Thread dsikula
On Nov 19, 11:29 pm, calwatch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nowadays with ESPN 360 streaming all NCAA games (including bowls) over telco DSL (Verizon and ATT, which serve three quarters of the country) and free to military and .edu's, this is less of an issue. (And Verizon, at least, lets you log

[TV orNotTV] Re: ABC's (Tw)upid trailer

2008-11-20 Thread dsikula
On Nov 20, 9:38 am, Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQl2QDDU-h8 Ladies and gentlemen, the comedy stylings of Sarah Paulsen! Yikes! Seriously, Pushing Daisies gets no love from the Mouse, and this does? I'd just like to thank ABC for giving

[TV orNotTV] Re: Redneck Ventriloquist Gets COM's Highest Ratings Ever

2008-11-19 Thread dsikula
On Nov 19, 2:44 pm, Mark J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While Stewart and Colbert get the press and Emmys, Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special Sunday brought over 6M viewers to Comedy Central, the highest rating since the conclusion of the South Park episode Cartman's Mom is a Dirty

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Amazing Racists

2008-11-18 Thread dsikula
On Nov 18, 2:15 pm, Kevin M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Maybe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think you should declare a show racist based on one episode. The show I watched was racist. From what people have said on and off this list, the episode I saw was

[TV orNotTV] Re: Disney Unbridled Promotion Dept.

2008-11-17 Thread dsikula
On Nov 17, 1:55 pm, Mark J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ABC Studios' logo has cameras and equipment moving around in silhouette like the ABC-owned stations' old 3:30 Movie (to the net's four-note logo, if you watch on VOD or DVD)--and, at least in the last week (I don't recall seeing him on last

[TV orNotTV] Re: Oh, Good God: 'Lipstick' Fans Sending Crap to Networks

2008-11-17 Thread dsikula
On Nov 17, 1:38 pm, Karla Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The other day, I was trying to total up the stuff fans have sent to network executives in efforts to save their shows.  This was the list I came up with...any additions? Jericho:  nuts Roswell: Tabasco sauce Relativity:  canned

[TV orNotTV] Re: More TVL Channel Drift

2008-11-13 Thread dsikula
On Nov 13, 12:44 pm, Mark J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two more unscripted shows for the putative classic TV/aging Boomers channel:  Joan Rivers interviews rich people on Mark Burnett's How'd You Get So Rich? (can we talk?) I was part of an online survey for this and half-watched an eight-

[TV orNotTV] Re: And now a special comment

2008-11-13 Thread dsikula
On Nov 13, 2:57 pm, Ed Dravecky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's Keith Olbermann in the condensed In A Minute form brought to you with tender loving editing by our pals at 23/6. http://www.236.com/video/2008/watch_keith_olbermann_in_a_min_10230.php (Love him or hate him, this is funny stuff.)

[TV orNotTV] Re: a lot of leonard

2008-11-12 Thread dsikula
On Nov 11, 6:10 pm, Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't think of anything on TV since Twin Peaks that was so weird, with such interesting performances.  Maybe a few episodes of The X-Files, but nothing that sustained the weirdness like Lynch/Frost. Their follow-up, On The Air, was

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Future of Public TV

2008-11-12 Thread dsikula
On Nov 12, 9:55 am, Mark J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Current's annual list of upcoming PTV programming, going as far in the future as the fall of 2012 (for a Ken Burns project)--see if you can divine pledge drive crap from the titles before you read pledge event:

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL adds two to replace Poehler

2008-11-12 Thread dsikula
On Nov 12, 5:32 pm, Tom Wolper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Mark J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 12, 4:16 pm, Joe Coughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Both women, one the first offspring of a former cast member. Neither look like Michelle Obama or Sherri

[TV orNotTV] Re: SemiNotTV: LA Hipness Arbiter Harcourt Leaves KCRW

2008-11-11 Thread dsikula
On Nov 10, 6:52 pm, Kevin M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I may be one of the few NPR listeners I know who does not like Morning Becomes Eclectic, though my reason for not liking the show is admittedly stupid and more about me than the show. Frankly, in the morning, I don't want eclectic.

[TV orNotTV] Re: Disney pulls 'Montana' diabetes episode

2008-11-09 Thread dsikula
On Nov 8, 7:03 am, Terry Knab [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And sadly they don't write TV that good anymore.  Night Court at least handled their characters health problems with class and tact (and got in the usual great jokes).   Are we talking about the Night Court that starred Harry Anderson?

[TV orNotTV] Re: Hahn's off

2008-11-04 Thread dsikula
On Nov 4, 9:55 am, Ed Dravecky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jon Delfin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Grey's Anatomy votes for Proposition 8? http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/11/brooke-smith-le.html Well, that's more than a little disappointing. Almost as disappointing as the fact that Grey's is

[TV orNotTV] Re: McCain's [EMAIL PROTECTED] Matt Damon's friend on SNL...

2008-11-02 Thread dsikula
On Nov 1, 11:34 pm, Kevin M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because there is an extra hour in the day to be critical, I caught the first hour of SNL, including the cold open with the McCains and Fey which wasn't bad. I thought it was actually very good and showed a McCain we hadn't seen in months.

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'Death' Benched for Sweeps

2008-10-30 Thread dsikula
On Oct 30, 2:09 pm, Mark J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The hobbling Brad Garrett sitcom, was has been double-pumping on Wednesday nights after Fox canned Do Not Disturb, will be replaced for sweeps by House repeats (and could be an omen of cancellation-- finally!):

[TV orNotTV] Re: TX NBC Affil to Switch to Fox

2008-10-30 Thread dsikula
On Oct 30, 9:52 am, Ed Dravecky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I had to guess, I'd say it's more a reflection of FOX's relative strength of schedule, the NFL and NASCAR contracts, and that the station would get that extra hour of primetime for local news which can really rake in the ad dollars.

[TV orNotTV] Re: Water-breaking news

2008-10-26 Thread dsikula
On Oct 26, 8:00 am, David Bruggeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had the impression that the Draper skit was pre-taped, poissibly on the Mad Men set.  Just something about the quality of the video and the appearance of the first scene. Would they have flown everyone out to LA just for that?

[TV orNotTV] Re: Breaking News: Respected News Anchor Endorses John McCain!

2008-10-26 Thread dsikula
On Oct 26, 5:24 pm, PGage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Kevin M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just watched the entire video podcast of today's Meet The Press. I either missed the moment when Brokaw endorsed McCain or NBC edited it out. When did it supposedly take

[TV orNotTV] Re: Water-breaking news

2008-10-26 Thread dsikula
On Oct 26, 4:13 pm, David Bruggeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was under the impression that the show was shot in NYC, since two of the cast joined Hamm in the other Mad Men sketch.  A complete assumption by conjecture on my part.  According to Wikipedia, only the pilot was shot in NYC.

[TV orNotTV] Re: TCM's The Essentials replaces...

2008-10-22 Thread dsikula
On Oct 22, 1:19 pm, Bob in Jersey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...Rose Mc Gowan with...Alec Baldwin??? Kevin, be sure to set that Season Ticket on your TiVo! --Dake Sikula --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are

[TV orNotTV] Re: Palin on SNL

2008-10-19 Thread dsikula
On Oct 19, 11:42 am, Kevin M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you. For those waiting for my inevitable Baldwin bashing, the man had to say six sentences, most of them one or two words long. He couldn't keep them in his head? Give Palin credit for being able to memorize and regurgitate someone

[TV orNotTV] Re: the first of the Letterman/McCain recaps...

2008-10-18 Thread dsikula
On Oct 17, 5:15 pm, Kevin M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having just watched it, I must ask anyone on the list, including Chief Barnhart and any other late night enthusiasts: Is this the first time Dave has done three segments with a guest? The interview consumed virtually the entire show. I'll

[TV orNotTV] Re: Weekend Update Thursday

2008-10-17 Thread dsikula
On Oct 17, 9:50 am, David Bruggeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, Kristen Wiig?  Gilda Radner called and wants to kick your ass for swiping from Roseanne Roseanadana and botching the execution. I'd like to amend that. Anyone with the ability to do more than one character called and wonders

[TV orNotTV] Re: Craig T. Nelson and Heather O'Rourke 4 DirecTV?

2008-10-17 Thread dsikula
On Oct 17, 4:44 pm, televisiongirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 2:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 14, 10:38 pm, Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2008/10/is-directvs-pol.html Is it any worse than Fred

[TV orNotTV] Re: Madden to Miss Game Sun. Night

2008-10-15 Thread dsikula
On Oct 14, 2:39 pm, Ann Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In short, he's not a young man, and his bosses were responding to his comment that last year, he didn't get home at all during the season. Then he can get on a damn plane and fly across the country in a matter of hours. If he were a

[TV orNotTV] Re: Semi-OT: Spielberg moves his raping to Universal

2008-10-15 Thread dsikula
On Oct 14, 9:58 pm, M-D November [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, in all future DVD releases of War of the Worlds, the Paramount title card will be replaced by a walkie-talkie? On Oct 14, 1:13 am, Kevin M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dreamworks is phasing out its relationship with Paramount.

[TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV: Frickin' Christmas Music On in St. Loo

2008-10-13 Thread dsikula
On Oct 13, 7:33 am, Mark J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: KEZK's web site just has a clock showing 39 days and counting to their annual switch to all-Christmas music.  Considering how unseasonably warm the Midwest has been this weekend, that is the smart move, but if the station's going to be

[TV orNotTV] Re: Presidential Debate Tick Tock

2008-10-08 Thread dsikula
On Oct 8, 6:00 am, David Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . It also tended to set off speculation about how in the world there are African-American voters who are still undecided. So, if that's the standard, I should vote for McCain? --Dave Sikula

[TV orNotTV] Re: Presidential Debate Tick Tock

2008-10-07 Thread dsikula
On Oct 7, 7:10 pm, Jay Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kevin M. wrote: 12 minutes in and Brokaw already admonished both candidates to quit speechifying. I had an idea while waiting for Pardon the Interruption this evening. Give the moderators a mute button (ala Around the Horn) and the