[TV orNotTV] Re: Schirripa to host NBC poker contest

2009-07-28 Thread Dino R. Alexander
Chopping Block's last gas was Friday. ~C - Original Message - From: Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com To: TVorNotTV tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 11:53 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Schirripa to host NBC poker contest On Jul 27, 3:35 pm, Mark J.

[TV orNotTV] Re: Semi-OT: I have a new toy

2009-07-28 Thread Wrecks
I wish I was in your place. I've recently taken up 3D photography. It's a hobby that 1) gives me a reason to leave the house 2) gives me a reason to do some walking and 3) costs me nothing. The dinosaurs at the local museum made excellent 3D subjects. I'll bet the ones at Comic-Con would be

[TV orNotTV] Shonda's big finish for George on Grey's...

2009-07-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
...that, sadly, couldn't be filmed once TR Knight left... http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/07/greys-anatomy-scoop-the-george-story-youll-never-see.html -- BOB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you

[TV orNotTV] IYC: What Ben Silverman will do...

2009-07-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
...now that he's quit NBCU: http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2009/07/sometimes-a-great-funny-notion.php [huffing and puffing] -- BOB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to

[TV orNotTV] Researcher's picks include NCIS LA, Leno

2009-07-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
NY-based NewMediaMetrics doesn't, tho, like Jay every day he's on... and regards past emotional attachment as a big part of how he's in this position... they also track how TV influences product-buying behaviour:

[TV orNotTV] Re: Stuttering John Melendez no longer Jay Leno's announcer, Howard Stern says

2009-07-28 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Joe Coughlininturnaro...@gmail.com wrote: Well, no one used their announcer to better effect than Conan using Joel Godard on Late Night. When I think of Asian male counterparts, I think Joel's love of Toshi. Which goes further to make Leno's use of Melendez,

[TV orNotTV] Coldplay, Silverman to guest on The Simpsons and Homer, Marge take up curling

2009-07-28 Thread Trevor Trevor
Coldplay, Silverman to guest on The Simpsons http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2009/07/28/simpsons-guests-records.html Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, comedian Sarah Silverman and the late Eartha Kitt are among the celebrities who will turn up during the upcoming, record-setting season of The

[TV orNotTV] Re: Coldplay, Silverman to guest on The Simpsons and Homer, Marge take up curling

2009-07-28 Thread Jon Delfin
Coldplay, Silverman to guest on The Simpsons http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2009/07/28/simpsons-guests-records.html Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, comedian Sarah Silverman and the late Eartha Kitt are among the celebrities who will turn up during the upcoming, record-setting season of

[TV orNotTV] Re: Coldplay, Silverman to guest on The Simpsons and Homer, Marge take up curling

2009-07-28 Thread Chris Neuman
The curling item was #1 on the local news this evening on Global (which coincidentally airs Simpsons in Canada). Reaction from local curlers... obviously it was a slow news day. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote: Coldplay, Silverman to guest on The Simpsons

[TV orNotTV] Adam Richman defends his pig-outs...

2009-07-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
...to the Television Critics' Association summer tour crowd, talking up his intense exercise routine and sensible diet when he's not filming the Travel show: http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/07/tca_man_v_food_host_adam_richm.html (I'll be gone possibly most of the day

[TV orNotTV] 25 Years Ago today...

2009-07-28 Thread Brian Henke
Rafer Johnson lit the torch, and the LA Olympics were underway. Despite the Soviet Union and other Communist nations boycotting the Games, it drew huge ratings for ABC, in what turned out to be their last Summer Games to date. Remember the Call to Glory ads? The wall to wall TV coverage

[TV orNotTV] Re: 25 Years Ago today...

2009-07-28 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Brian Henkecincy43...@yahoo.com wrote:   Rafer Johnson lit the torch, and the LA Olympics were underway. Despite the Soviet Union and other Communist nations boycotting the Games, it drew huge ratings for ABC, in what turned out to be their last Summer Games

[TV orNotTV] Re: 25 Years Ago today...

2009-07-28 Thread PGage
I was living in Los Angeles then (well, Pasadena) and I bought my first ever television set (with my own money) to watch the Olympics. I recall what a panic they had put everybody in about how horrible the traffic was going to be, and in the event the traffic was better during those two weeks

[TV orNotTV] Re: 25 Years Ago today...

2009-07-28 Thread Jim Ellwanger
I saw the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics the next day, on tape-delay on Swedish television, at the tail end of a family vacation in Europe. As I recall, literally all the Swedish announcer said was the names of the countries as each delegation marched in, and he only broke out

[TV orNotTV] Re: Adam Richman defends his pig-outs...

2009-07-28 Thread Ben Scripps
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Kevin M.drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: There I was in Nebraska, watching something on television that was less entertaining than the sprinkler out on the lawn. There's your book title right there. -- -- Ben Scripps benscri...@gmail.com

[TV orNotTV] Re: Adam Richman defends his pig-outs...

2009-07-28 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Ben Scrippsbenscri...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Kevin M.drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: There I was in Nebraska, watching something on television that was less entertaining than the sprinkler out on the lawn. There's your book title