On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:21 PM, David Bruggeman <bru...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Excellent. Unfortunately, Colortini.com, which I think had Tom S.'s > response, is in the ether. From what I remember, people didn't catch on to > the "And the Fake One" and contacted Snyder. He read the listings and gave > a nice note to Mr. Heald. > Said Snyder at the time: "I've had several inquiries about a new show I am supposedly doing for late night. A writer named Tom Heald wrote some material for a websire named TVBarn.com. It is run by Aaron Barnhart, who is the television critic for the Kansas City Star. Mr. Heald, as a joke, ran a schedule of shows entitled "Tom Snyder, At Home in California." The topics ranged from "Dinner with The Companion" to "Frisbee in the Park with Oliver." Some people got the joke. But some thought it was for real. I am here to tell you that it isn't. However, I am not at all peeved at Mr. Heald. Seven years ago a television writer for the New York Daily News, named David Bianculli, playfully suggested that CBS put me on after Dave Letterman. Had he not done that the LateLateShow probably would never have happened." You can also listen to a 2006 episode of Paul Goebel's King of TV podcast where Tom called in. You can find that here: http://handheldcomedy.com/index.php?task=mf&id=174 > ------------------------------ > *From:* Pete Ahles <pah...@comcast.net> > ** > > David Bruggeman wrote: > > One of the fake listings dealt with what Tom Snyder was doing in > > retirement. It got back to Tom S., he got a kick out of it and > > mentioned it on his website. Too bad I can't find it right now... > > > > David > > > > > I found it in [This Week at the TV Barn] 3/12/01 > > TOM SNYDER, at home in California > Mo 3/12 Dinner with The Companion > Tu 3/13 Frisbee(tm) in the park with Oliver > We 3/14 recount all $200,000 made during 1971 skyjacking as "D.B. Cooper" > Th 3/15 Grocery shopping, out of Ovaltine and Kiwi shoe polish > Fr 3/16 Take The Companion to a movie and complain about all the swearing, > leave halfway through, go home and pop "The Last Days of Pompeii" in the > DVD > player. Man, they knew how to make movies back then, didn't they? > > > > > > -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin Happy Accidents http://inturnaround.vox.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! 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@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
