[TV orNotTV] Re: Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-08 Thread Maybe
On May 8, 5:37�pm, Ed Dravecky wrote: > Maybe wrote: > > It is a two piece meal and not just two pieces of chicken. > > Which is currently on offer, based on the ad I saw just now, for > $3.99. �I love saving four bucks as much as the next guy but this is a > ridiculous level of angst for four b

[TV orNotTV] Re: Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-08 Thread Ed Dravecky
Maybe wrote: > It is a two piece meal and not just two pieces of chicken. Which is currently on offer, based on the ad I saw just now, for $3.99. I love saving four bucks as much as the next guy but this is a ridiculous level of angst for four bucks. I just thank goodness that Oprah didn't tea

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2009-05-07 Thread Brad Beam
- Original Message - From: David Bruggeman >I disagree with a couple of Ebert's points in his review (generally >positive, 3.5 out of 5), one I won't mention as it's sort of plot-centric. >He seems to think the flash and bang pushed out the more message-oriented >parts of Trek, I thin

[TV orNotTV] Re: Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-07 Thread Maybe
On May 7, 1:46�pm, "dsik...@yahoo.com" wrote: > On May 7, 12:52�pm, scruffy wrote: > > > there's comedy gold in the 5000+ comments on ms o's site. i guess in � > > 2009 the allure of 2 free pieces of chicken is a matter of utmost � > > importance to some people. > > I think that, as a make-good,

[TV orNotTV] Re: Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-07 Thread dsik...@yahoo.com
On May 7, 12:52 pm, scruffy wrote: > there's comedy gold in the 5000+ comments on ms o's site. i guess in   > 2009 the allure of 2 free pieces of chicken is a matter of utmost   > importance to some people. I think that, as a make-good, she should work out a deal with KFC to give away free ch

[TV orNotTV] Re: Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-07 Thread scruffy
On May 7, 2009, at 2:05 PM, M-D November wrote: > The coupon itself isn't a hoax, although the PDF version on Oprah's > site is just a sample. You have to install some application ("Coupon > Creator", I think) to get the actual coupons. A lot of people weren't > understanding that and took the

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2009-05-07 Thread David Bruggeman
I enjoyed it very much. It's not a perfect film, but its problems aren't fatal. In the top third of Trek movies. FWIW, long time fan (from 1981). Didn't think they needed to make this film when I first heard about it, Nimoy's support persuaded me not to reject it, and the early promos convin

[TV orNotTV] Re: Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-07 Thread M-D November
The coupon itself isn't a hoax, although the PDF version on Oprah's site is just a sample. You have to install some application ("Coupon Creator", I think) to get the actual coupons. A lot of people weren't understanding that and took the samples to KFC, resulting in Chicken FAIL. On May 7, 9:0

[TV orNotTV] Re: Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-07 Thread Steve Timko
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:02 PM, David Bruggeman wrote: > I didn't bother with the coupon and just had some for a late dinner on the > way back from a Star Trek screening.  While the chicken was cooked fine and > all, there was nothing distinctively KFC (or "KGC") about it.  Certainly not > worth

[TV orNotTV] Re: Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-07 Thread Wrecks
When Scott sent me a PDF of the coupon, I thought it was a hoax and told him so. He sent me several web links that seemed to prove that it isn't. So I admitted to him that while the coupon isn't a hoax, Oprah still is... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Sma

[TV orNotTV] Re: Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-07 Thread Jon Delfin
At 09:08 AM 5/7/2009, you wrote: >When Scott sent me a PDF of the coupon, I thought it was a hoax and >told him so. He sent me several web links that seemed to prove that >it isn't. So I admitted to him that while the coupon isn't a hoax, >Oprah still is... So I shouldn't worry about this new

[TV orNotTV] Re: Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-06 Thread David Bruggeman
I didn't bother with the coupon and just had some for a late dinner on the way back from a Star Trek screening. While the chicken was cooked fine and all, there was nothing distinctively KFC (or "KGC") about it. Certainly not worth this kind of fuss. David

[TV orNotTV] Re: Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-06 Thread Bob in Jersey
M-D November, to moi: > > It's like a rerun of the Popeye's debacle from last month. > Just sit back and enjoy the show. Or go eat something else. :-P -- BOB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you

[TV orNotTV] Re: Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-06 Thread M-D November
It's like a rerun of the Popeye's debacle from last month. Just sit back and enjoy the show. On May 6, 10:11 pm, Bob in Jersey wrote: > =New York= magazine: O touts a free online coupon for Kentucky Grilled > Chicken, which some people are *still* trying to obtain today (6)... > > http://nymag.