I didn’t know that they still had to pay for the performance even though it was “natural sound” and not an introduced performance.
-Stan On Friday, January 3, 2025 at 2:25:14 PM UTC-5 Kevin M. wrote: > At least when I worked there, Dick Clark wasn’t willing to pay the music > licensing fee for Imagine, so ABC would either cut away to commercial or to > “Famous Face” himself babbling about the live color television magic. > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM Stan S <[email protected]> wrote: > >> At least Cohen and Cooper intentionally shut up for the five minutes >> before and after midnight. >> >> They let “Imagine” play uninterrupted (although it should always be the >> original) while Seacrest yammered on about something then went to >> commercial. >> >> -Stan >> On Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at 11:20:59 PM UTC-5 PGage wrote: >> >>> Like Kevin we celebrate New Years in East Coast time ( we have 2 >>> children in NYC, and we are old). Like Dave we tuned into CNN to watch the >>> ball drop, and were appalled at the Andy and Anderson show. Wish I had >>> thought to mute it. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 at 7:25 PM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm baffled that anyone would watch Cohen and Cooper with the sound on >>>> unless they were being held at gunpoint. The former strikes me as just a >>>> dick without any social skills and the latter seems like a clueless sap. I >>>> tuned in to watch the ball drop, but had to mute within ten seconds. >>>> >>>> It's no wonder that CNN's ratings are cratering if this its idea of >>>> good programming. >>>> >>>> --Dave Sikula >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at 10:28:57 AM UTC-8 Kevin M. wrote: >>>> >>>>> Last night I watched the NBC News Channel’s coverage of fireworks from >>>>> around the world. I did so because I have reached the age where staying >>>>> awake until midnight is no longer a goal but a failing, but I wanted to >>>>> ring in the new year. Unfortunately, nobody told AI to be on the lookout >>>>> for foreign languages during the broadcast, which resulted an >>>>> unintentionally comedic broadcast. I refuse to believe in the future >>>>> predicted by “The Terminator” if AI can’t even decipher an Edith Piaf >>>>> song. >>>>> >>>>> Credit to Dubai for having the best display of the evening: >>>>> >>>>> https://youtu.be/voN84ELUOT8?si=Qtz3dXdi0_BeIQ0b >>>>> >>>>> I did manage to stay awake to watch the west coast feed of CNN’s >>>>> coverage of the Times Square ball drop. Never again. Ten minutes of >>>>> Anderson Cooper cackling was almost unbearable. >>>>> >>>>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6b32c7ea-3436-4269-a20b-9f2655da9415n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6b32c7ea-3436-4269-a20b-9f2655da9415n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/4d0fa98c-7687-47bf-9333-df640a386c90n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/4d0fa98c-7687-47bf-9333-df640a386c90n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/d6d9ce25-0b4c-4b2c-adeb-5de83069cb32n%40googlegroups.com.
