Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 30 Rock - West vs. East

2010-10-19 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 8:56 PM, PGage wrote: > Well, what I really wanted was just another good episode of 30 Rock. But if > they were going to justify a live episode I thought they might do it best by > using the live portion to let us see what TGS was like. "Scrubs" was one of few one-camera

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 30 Rock - West vs. East

2010-10-19 Thread PGage
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:06 PM, M-D November > wrote: > > If that's really what you want, pop in the DVDs of "Studio 60" and > > rewatch 'The Disaster Show'. > > I know S60 had its imperfections, but I still find it hard to believe > that betwe

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 30 Rock - West vs. East

2010-10-19 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:06 PM, M-D November wrote: > If that's really what you want, pop in the DVDs of "Studio 60" and > rewatch 'The Disaster Show'. I know S60 had its imperfections, but I still find it hard to believe that between that show and 30 Rock, S60 was the one that didn't succeed.

[TV orNotTV] Re: 30 Rock - West vs. East

2010-10-19 Thread M-D November
If that's really what you want, pop in the DVDs of "Studio 60" and rewatch 'The Disaster Show'. On Oct 19, 4:57 pm, PGage wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Dave Sikula wrote: > > The Peacock posted a video this morning of the differences between the > > two broadcasts: > >http://www.nbc

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 30 Rock - West vs. East

2010-10-19 Thread PGage
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Dave Sikula wrote: > The Peacock posted a video this morning of the differences between the > two broadcasts: > http://www.nbc.com/30-rock/video/30-rock-live-east-vs-west/1254738/ > > I must say the wife and I enjoyed the live ep more than the usual > ones. It di

[TV orNotTV] Re: 30 Rock - West vs. East

2010-10-19 Thread Dave Sikula
The Peacock posted a video this morning of the differences between the two broadcasts: http://www.nbc.com/30-rock/video/30-rock-live-east-vs-west/1254738/ I must say the wife and I enjoyed the live ep more than the usual ones. It did seem a little too SNL-y at times, but we both laughed out loud,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 30 Rock - West vs. East

2010-10-18 Thread Joe Hass
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Mark J. wrote: > > It was obvious that Beth McCarthy Miller was using hand-helds whenever > possible--the only times she was using pedestals and jibs were for the > "TGS" segments and the closing. I was unclear: I knew they were using hand-helds, but even then, I

[TV orNotTV] Re: 30 Rock - West vs. East

2010-10-18 Thread Mark J.
On Oct 18, 11:26 am, Joe Hass wrote: > Indeed, I was frustrated with waiting for the audience to just shut the hell > up. > > Also, it seemed as if the camera ops were being almost told to giggle > the camera enough to "give it that one-camera feel." It was obvious that Beth McCarthy Miller wa

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 30 Rock - West vs. East

2010-10-18 Thread Joe Hass
Indeed, I was frustrated with waiting for the audience to just shut the hell up. Also, it seemed as if the camera ops were being almost told to giggle the camera enough to "give it that one-camera feel." I think Sepinwall had the best analogy: "It would be like if you had a friend who chose to ru

[TV orNotTV] Re: 30 Rock - West vs. East

2010-10-17 Thread Michael
As the French say, "D'accord." On Oct 17, 6:57 pm, M-D November wrote: > For me, the biggest problem was the pacing, due in no small part to > the presence of the audience in Studio 8H.  I'd have preferred they > keep the house mics down except during the segments where TGS was 'on > the air', bu

[TV orNotTV] Re: 30 Rock - West vs. East

2010-10-17 Thread stan
On Oct 17, 9:57 pm, M-D November wrote: > For me, the biggest problem was the pacing, due in no small part to > the presence of the audience in Studio 8H.  I'd have preferred they > keep the house mics down except during the segments where TGS was 'on > the air', but I imagine that'd be technica

[TV orNotTV] Re: 30 Rock - West vs. East

2010-10-17 Thread M-D November
For me, the biggest problem was the pacing, due in no small part to the presence of the audience in Studio 8H. I'd have preferred they keep the house mics down except during the segments where TGS was 'on the air', but I imagine that'd be technically hard to do. (I'd have accepted no audience at a