[LATE NIGHT] Maureen Dowd has some thoughts on J. Zucker

2010-01-12 Thread damonbeau
Goodness. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/opinion/13dowd.html Excerpt: In a town where nobody makes less than they’re worth, and most people pull in an obscene amount more, there has been a single topic of discussion: How does Jeff Zucker keep rising and rising while the fortunes of NBC keep f

[HOCKEY] Too much violence on television?

2010-01-12 Thread Michael King
A bench clearing brawl resulted in a whopping 691 penalty minutes being assessed in a Russian hockey game last week, and ended up with the game being called only four minutes in, due to not having enough players to continue the game Don't mind the Russian announcer -- just sit back and enjoy t

Re: namechage: Canada's oldest magazine...

2010-01-12 Thread Jim O'Connell
I'm pretty sure there's a competing magazine in Canada called "The Walrus". -Original Message- >From: danny burstein >Sent: Jan 12, 2010 5:17 PM >To: wnn >Subject: namechage: Canada's oldest magazine... > >>Subject: The Beaver, 90; Canadian Magazine to Change Name >>Newsgroups: alt.obit

namechage: Canada's oldest magazine...

2010-01-12 Thread danny burstein
Subject: The Beaver, 90; Canadian Magazine to Change Name Newsgroups: alt.obituaries Canada history magazine drops double-entendre name WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Canada's second-oldest magazine, The Beaver, is changing its name because its unintended sexual connotation has caused t

Re: (TVDEATHWATCH) Conan to Quit if Jay gets 11:35

2010-01-12 Thread Steve Rhodes
Sadly, the AC360 Top Ten List why Jay Leno's in trouble isn't much funnier than Leno http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2010/01/09/ac.leno.in.trouble.cnn.html -- Steve Rhodes http://flickr.com/photos/ari/ photos http://twitter.com/tigerbeat -- You received this message becaus

Re: (TVDEATHWATCH) Conan to Quit if Jay gets 11:35

2010-01-12 Thread Doug Elrod
On Jan 12, 3:36 pm, James Stanley Barr wrote: > ABC News now reports that Conan O' Brien is threatening to quit the Tonight > Show if Jay gets the 11:35 spot. It would be interesting to read the exact legal language in Conan's contract, given that we are now in the Digital Broadcast Age. I think

Re: (TVDEATHWATCH) Conan to Quit if Jay gets 11:35

2010-01-12 Thread Steve VanDevender
kbrab...@aol.com writes: > > You got to say, the man has class. > > And he knows his hair is just wrong. > > And so it goes, > > Kevin Brabant (NBC Execs = Stupidity) > kbrab...@aol.com Just out of curiousity, how is it that your reply trimmed the first character off of every line in

Re: (TVDEATHWATCH) Conan to Quit if Jay gets 11:35

2010-01-12 Thread kbrabant
You got to say, the man has class. And he knows his hair is just wrong. And so it goes, Kevin Brabant (NBC Execs = Stupidity) kbrab...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Kevin G. Barkes To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 3:38 pm Subject: RE: (TVDEATHWATCH) Cona

RE: (TVDEATHWATCH) Conan to Quit if Jay gets 11:35

2010-01-12 Thread Kevin G. Barkes
People of Earth: In the last few days, I've been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I've been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I've been absurdl

(TVDEATHWATCH) Conan to Quit if Jay gets 11:35

2010-01-12 Thread James Stanley Barr
ABC News now reports that Conan O' Brien is threatening to quit the Tonight Show if Jay gets the 11:35 spot. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wn...@googlegroups.com. To unsub