The Remote Patrol for Wednesday, December 10, 2008 by Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire All times Eastern, for PBS programs, check local listings
TOM'S TWISTED TOTALLY TRIVIAL TV THINGY Doris Roberts costarred (along with a lotta other NBC sitcom folk) in a 1987 tv movie sequel to "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium" titled ... A) "Check Out Time is Noon" B) "Excess Baggage" C) "If It's Monday, This Must Be Madagascar" D) "If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium" E) "If It's Wednesday, This Must Be Wales" The answer arrives on Might See TV night. --- 8 p.m. Emerson wants to marry a lighthouse keeper and keep her company on "PUSHING DAISIES" (ABC). Duncan Sheik, Danny DeVito, Lucy Liu, and Brian Williams help a whelp find his lost dog in "FAMOUS DEPARTMENT STORE PRESENTS: LITTLE SPIRIT: CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK" (NBC). Batman's best writer, Frank Miller, gets in the spirit of things as "GUEST PROGRAMMER." (TCM). His selections: "The Naked City," High Noon" (10 p.m.), "The Bishop's Wife" (11:30 p.m.), and "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” (1:30 a.m.). "SECRET MILLIONAIRE" (Fox) heads to the neighborhoods of the L.A. riots for its heavily scripted "Hells Kitchen" charity work. 9 p.m. Head underground with "SPECTACLE: ELVIS COSTELLO WITH ..." (Sundance) Lou Reed and Julian Schnabel. A man's head in a flower bed leads to multiple jokes about ABC's 8 p.m. series on "LIFE" (NBC). 9:30 p.m. What if you found out your father was a Nazi war criminal ... and you did so by watching "Schindler's List"? "P.O.V.: INHERITANCE" (PBS) has the story. You know one of these decades I'll be in the right mood to watch "Schindler's List." 10 p.m. "UFC FIGHT FOR THE TROOPS" (Spike) hopes to raise money for traumatic brain injury research by causing traumatic brain injury. No, I'm not kidding. Series judge Gail Simmons gets a free bridal shower on "TOP CHEF" (Bravo). No ifs, ands or buts about it, Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute, has been murdered on "LAW & ORDER" (NBC). "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County" spins off yet another scripted reality series for Joel McHale to mock with"WHITNEY: FROM THE HILLS TO THE CITY" (MTV). NIGHT LIGHTS * Don Rickles warms to "The Daily Show." * The Colbert Report has "Richard Haass." * Tavis is purpose driven by Rick Warren * Dave drug tests Keanu Reeves, Paula Abdul, and Loudon Wainwright III. * Wanda Sykes, Michael Phelps, and Lyle Lovett are all creepy looking with Jay. * Alfred Molina and Tokyo Police Club octopy ... er, occupy Craig. * Zooey Deschanel, Brian Austin Green, and Adele terminate Jimmy. * Jennifer Connolly, Bradley Cooper, and Alec Greven beautify Conan. === TTTTTT ANSWER Of Robert Barone, Mary "Rose" Foster, Clark Griswold, Alice Hyatt, and Danny Tanner, who hasn't had Doris Roberts as their mother? Clark Griswold, who had her as his mother-in-law. === But the conversation doesn't end here, add your own suggestions or discuss mine on the "TV or Not TV" Google list. "The Remote Patrol" is copyright© 2008 Thomas Allen Heald and Gigantic Rear Projection, Ltd. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
