Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-11 Thread David Bruggeman
aming was, not an afterthought, but something that was a last minute addition. David > > From: Kevin M. > >Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert > > >On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Kevin M. wrote: >> Tweet from Chaz Ebert: &g

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-11 Thread Kevin M.
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > Tweet from Chaz Ebert: > > "CHAZ HERE: We are hoping to stream the Memorial Tribute for Roger > Thurs, April 11 at 7 pm CST. See http://rogerebert.com " > > https://twitter.com/ebertchicago/status/36167375605760 Some nice words offered up a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-11 Thread Kevin M.
Alan Zweibel's memories of Roger Ebert, specifically how he reacted to reading Ebert's iconic review of "North" http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/04/roger-ebert-memories-bad-review-zweibel.html On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > Tweet from Chaz Ebert: > > "CHAZ

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-10 Thread Kevin M.
Tweet from Chaz Ebert: "CHAZ HERE: We are hoping to stream the Memorial Tribute for Roger Thurs, April 11 at 7 pm CST. See http://rogerebert.com " https://twitter.com/ebertchicago/status/36167375605760 -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-07 Thread Kevin M.
On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Doug Fields wrote: > Not that they hardly ever have a rational reason for anything they do, but > why? Just guessing, but they don't like his bi-racial marriage, maybe? They do not operate on the same world of logic as rational people, so there is no direct link t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-07 Thread PGage
On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Doug Fields wrote: > Not that they hardly ever have a rational reason for anything they do, but > why? Just guessing, but they don't like his bi-racial marriage, maybe? http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130407/downtown/westboro-baptist-church-picket-outside-roger

RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-07 Thread Doug Fields
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 8:22 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert The Westboro sh*theads are planning on protesting Ebert's funeral in Chicago. Chicagoans... do something about this, please. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV The Sm

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-07 Thread Joe Hass
There's a Chick-fil-A a block away. We'll just send over some gay-hating chicken. On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > The Westboro sh*theads are planning on protesting Ebert's funeral in > Chicago. > > Chicagoans... do something about this, please. > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-07 Thread Kevin M.
The Westboro sh*theads are planning on protesting Ebert's funeral in Chicago. Chicagoans... do something about this, please. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-05 Thread Kevin M.
Courtesy the official Johnny Carson estate YouTube channel (though I wish they had released the entire segment instead of the two minute clip): http://youtu.be/vlC_dnlc4Js In the 1990s, PBS asked a series of people to give talks about what wisdom they might offer humanity if he/she thought his/he

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-04 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Ann Becker wrote: > As I sit here reading various articles and tributes and tweets about Roger > Ebert, I've just recalled that I found TVBarn because of him. I can't recall > if it was a blog post or an online article I stumbled upon, but I distinctly > recall he s

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-04 Thread Ann Becker
As I sit here reading various articles and tributes and tweets about Roger Ebert, I've just recalled that I found TVBarn because of him. I can't recall if it was a blog post or an online article I stumbled upon, but I distinctly recall he said that "Aaron Barnhart's TV Barn" was one of the sites he

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-04 Thread PGage
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > I'm wary of people who claim they knew something before they "hit the big > time" as a point of pride, but Ebert's the card I'd play. > > I always felt there were two version of Ebert. Ebert 1.0 was everything > through about 2006 or so (when he l

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-04 Thread Joe Hass
I'm wary of people who claim they knew something before they "hit the big time" as a point of pride, but Ebert's the card I'd play. I always felt there were two version of Ebert. Ebert 1.0 was everything through about 2006 or so (when he lost his voice and dropped from mainstream public view).

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-04 Thread Kevin M.
And from The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/articles/roger-ebert-hails-human-existence-as-a-triumph,31945/ Those who follow Jeff Ross on Twitter might or might not like the roastmaster's send-off of Roger. I won't post it here, but it did make me laugh. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not T

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-04 Thread Kevin M.
Esquire dropped the paywall on their piece about Ebert from 2010. http://www.esquire.com/features/roger-ebert-0310 On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Ben Scripps wrote: > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Kevin M. wrote: >> >> The Sun Times website keeps crashing, clearly overloaded, but here is >>

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-04 Thread Kevin M.
This is undoubtedly now happening again... http://youtu.be/OkwVz_jK3gA -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegro

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-04 Thread Ben Scripps
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > The Sun Times website keeps crashing, clearly overloaded, but here is > their obit: > > > http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/17320958-418/roger-ebert-dies-at-70-after-battle-with-cancer.html NPR has a brief obit up as well, citing the Sun-Times: