[TV orNotTV] Nickelodeon's famous orange ... thing: 1984-2009...

2009-07-30 Thread Dino R. Alexander
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006659.html?categoryid=14cs=1 Apparently it's called a splat officially, but it's all part of a streamlining of Nick brands (original flavor, At Night flavor, Teen flavor (ex-the-N), and Jr. flavor (ex-Noggin)) I for one welcome our new logo overlords...

[TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV: Do You, Uh, Bing?

2009-07-30 Thread Dave Sikula
On Jul 29, 12:24 pm, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv wrote: Tom Wolper wrote: Yahoo's brand name is too powerful to go away. If anything, there will be something like a powered by Bing note next to a Yahoo search box. Just as, for much of the early '00s, Yahoo! search was powered by

[TV orNotTV] Re: Vin Scully for One More Season at Chavez Ravine

2009-07-30 Thread Dave Sikula
On Jul 29, 2:44 pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: All of that to say that I also grew up loving Vin Scully. I had one of those pitch back things in my back yard, and I used to pitch the entire game, listening to Scully and imaging he was calling my pitches. I would fall asleep on warm summer

[TV orNotTV] Howard Dean hosting Countdown

2009-07-30 Thread Kevin M.
Anyone else watch this? I'm not sure how I feel about this, but I'm pretty sure I don't like it. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or

[TV orNotTV] Re: Howard Dean hosting Countdown

2009-07-30 Thread David Bruggeman
The optics are weird. Dean may be the former DNC head, but at least Faux News keeps their former political figures as contributors, instead of show hosts (save for Huckabee, and maybe Ollie North when he had a show). He's also got an odd delivery. Something about how he looks into the camera,

[TV orNotTV] Re: Vin Scully for One More Season at Chavez Ravine

2009-07-30 Thread David Bruggeman
I hope the Simpsons folks push to do something special for this. I've seen nothing from Harry Shearer, yet. Maybe in the next Le Show. David From: Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com On Jul 29, 2:44 pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: All of that to say that I

[TV orNotTV] Re: Can we talk? Joan Rivers says f*ck no

2009-07-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
A nice, clean copy from TMZ got there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H_S3V188joNR=1 -- BOB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post

[TV orNotTV] 'Jon Kate' staff ignoring 'the other people'; TLC boss speaks

2009-07-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
RadarOnline: No, you definitely won't be seeing Jon's goils (Kate Major, I remembered, went to Allentown's Central Catholic High), just the separate parents and keeds... http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/07/exclusive-details-jon-kates-new-season-no-love-interests-allowed-lots-struggles

[TV orNotTV] Emmys to combine live, taped presenting?

2009-07-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
Variety hears of a request to have the Academy pre-record several awards, mostly for made-for movies and miniseries... as you might have seen, the cable nets dominate the awards in question... http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006675.html?categoryId=14cs=1 -- BOB

[TV orNotTV] Avoid aspendailynews.com...

2009-07-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
They reported on Dan Rather, at a seminar last night in the Colorado resort, suggesting The White House form a blue-ribbon commission to find ways to keep the news media afloat. Who the feathers goes to a website in Aspen except to find ski conditions? -- BOB

[TV orNotTV] 'House' creator to revive 'Rockford' at NBC

2009-07-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
The Jim Garner detec-a-tive hour was the only classic show David Shore would ever want to adapt... Steve Carell's company is involved, so the lightheartedness should remain... http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006650.html?categoryid=14cs=1 -- BOB

[TV orNotTV] Re: Howard Dean hosting Countdown

2009-07-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
Kevin M.: Anyone else watch this? I'm not sure how I feel about this, but I'm pretty sure I don't like it. I just sampled it, and frankly, he belongs on 60, not here. -- BOB Cheap Airline Tickets Book Cheap Airline Ticket at

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'Jon Kate' staff ignoring 'the other people'; TLC boss speaks

2009-07-30 Thread Pollak, Melissa F.
Well, it's local news now. Apparently, Kate's moving to Rockville (Maryland) -- or at least that's what I heard on the news this morning. -Original Message- From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvorno...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob in Jersey Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'House' creator to revive 'Rockford' at NBC

2009-07-30 Thread Jon Delfin
Nathan Fillion isn't available. Anybody care to imagine who else might play Rockford 2.0? jd On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Bob in Jerseybob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: The Jim Garner detec-a-tive hour was the only classic show David Shore would ever want to adapt... Steve Carell's

[TV orNotTV] Re: Can we talk? Joan Rivers says f*ck no

2009-07-30 Thread Karla Robinson
Wait a minute...Melissa Rivers is a television personality in her own right, not a private person like some celeb kidsshe's really off limits? -Original Message- From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvorno...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Wolper Sent: Wednesday, July 29,

[TV orNotTV] Re: Can we talk? Joan Rivers says f*ck no

2009-07-30 Thread Jon Delfin
That depends. Did she go to a Yankees game? On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Karla Robinsonkarlasrobin...@zoominternet.net wrote: Wait a minute...Melissa Rivers is a television personality in her own right, not a private person like some celeb kidsshe's really off limits?

[TV orNotTV] Re: Can we talk? Joan Rivers says f*ck no

2009-07-30 Thread Tom Wolper
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Karla Robinsonkarlasrobin...@zoominternet.net wrote: Wait a minute...Melissa Rivers is a television personality in her own right, not a private person like some celeb kidsshe's really off limits? I have no problem with the statement in itself regarding

[TV orNotTV] Re: Can we talk? Joan Rivers says f*ck no

2009-07-30 Thread Joe Coughlin
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Karla Robinson karlasrobin...@zoominternet.net wrote: Wait a minute...Melissa Rivers is a television personality in her own right, not a private person like some celeb kidsshe's really off limits? But the basic premise of the joke is that Missy has no

[TV orNotTV] Re: Nickelodeon's famous orange ... thing: 1984-2009...

2009-07-30 Thread M-D November
Maybe it's just me, but wasn't the point of calling their teen net The N that proper teenagers wouldn't want to watch Nickelodeon (a channel associated with animation like Spongebob and Dora) anymore? Couldn't emphasizing the Nick branding drive those kids away? On Jul 30, 3:26 am, Dino R.

[TV orNotTV] Re: Vin Scully for One More Season at Chavez Ravine

2009-07-30 Thread K.M. Richards
On Jul 30, 12:45 am, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: I must say Vin is as good as he ever was, and a small part of me will die when he finally signs off. I agree with Dave and I hope to high heaven that the powers that be replace the two morons who do the non-NL West games on television

[TV orNotTV] Re: Howard Dean hosting Countdown

2009-07-30 Thread Tom Wolper
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 9:49 AM, David Bruggemanbru...@yahoo.com wrote: The optics are weird.  Dean may be the former DNC head, but at least Faux News keeps their former political figures as contributors, instead of show hosts (save for Huckabee, and maybe Ollie North when he had a show).

[TV orNotTV] Re: Howard Dean hosting Countdown

2009-07-30 Thread Ed Dravecky
Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: Outside of the health care bill, he's not much of a host. Lawrence O'Donnell hosted on Monday and he has a much better TV presence. Indeed. Dean did a much better job that I feared and he (or, frankly, anybody) is still better than David Shuster. Unless

[TV orNotTV] Re: Howard Dean hosting Countdown

2009-07-30 Thread Kevin M.
I honestly haven't made up my mind, but the reason I think I'm leaning the direction of not liking it is because throwing a politician into an anchor chair seems like a bad idea. Yes, Dean can speak about health care, but there should be somebody, even a biased somebody like Keith, directing the

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'House' creator to revive 'Rockford' at NBC

2009-07-30 Thread doug
Even better than Nathan, but unfortunately just as unavailable, would be Bruce Campbell. Doug Fields Tampa, FL Original Message Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'House' creator to revive 'Rockford' at NBCFrom: Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.comDate: Thu, July 30, 2009 11:27 amTo:

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'House' creator to revive 'Rockford' at NBC

2009-07-30 Thread Jason Carpio
But he's not the lead in Burn Notice. So it could be a possibility. What would be the perfect age range for the new jim rockford? On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:14 PM, d...@flids.net wrote: Even better than Nathan, but unfortunately just as unavailable, would be Bruce Campbell. Doug Fields

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'House' creator to revive 'Rockford' at NBC

2009-07-30 Thread Kevin M.
Is it silly of me to suggest, given the network's budget limitations, that they simply air reruns of the original Rockford Files in prime time and not try to mess with another classic? Or, and this is a silly notion, the network can come up with a unique concept on its own and create a new

[TV orNotTV] BREAKING NEWS: The truth about the death of Michael Jackson.

2009-07-30 Thread tobetbaa
It's finally out ! http://surftofind.com/murray --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! 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

[TV orNotTV] Re: BREAKING NEWS: The truth about the death of Michael Jackson.

2009-07-30 Thread Jason Carpio
I'm starting to get a bunch of porn emails now. Is that normal? On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote: If anyone clicks on that link, do please let us know exactly how much damage your computer incurred as a result. On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:19 PM,

[TV orNotTV] Re: BREAKING NEWS: The truth about the death of Michael Jackson.

2009-07-30 Thread Terry Knab
This idiot is a spammer (the link poster) His spew won't be here anymore. I did a quick search of the archives and found him doing this once before. I've removed his spew and sent him packing. From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvorno...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jason

[TV orNotTV] Re: Nickelodeon's famous orange ... thing: 1984-2009...

2009-07-30 Thread Ron
I imagine a whole lot of splatting going on right now on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Mariner of the Seas. It currently is on a 7 night charter for Nickelodeon -- 1,1000 kids plus parents, guardians and others. I can just imagine the noise (not to mention all of the elevator buttons being

[TV orNotTV] Re: Emmys to combine live, taped presenting?

2009-07-30 Thread PGage
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Bob in Jerseybob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Variety hears of a request to have the Academy pre-record several awards, mostly for made-for movies and miniseries... as you might have seen, the cable nets dominate the awards in question...

[TV orNotTV] Re: Vin Scully for One More Season at Chavez Ravine

2009-07-30 Thread Brad Beam
- Original Message - From: Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com I must say Vin is as good as he ever was, and a small part of me will die when he finally signs off. Let's not forget fellow Dodger Hall of Fame announcer Jaime Jarrin, who is currently in his 51st year of broadcasting el

[TV orNotTV] Re: Howard Dean hosting Countdown

2009-07-30 Thread Tom Wolper
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Kevin M.drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I honestly haven't made up my mind, but the reason I think I'm leaning the direction of not liking it is because throwing a politician into an anchor chair seems like a bad idea. Yes, Dean can speak about health care,

[TV orNotTV] Re: TVorNotTV is [puzzled/confused/flummoxed] about the redesign of NBC's local OO websites. . .

2009-07-30 Thread Ed Dravecky
And why are so many of the stories illustrated with stock photos? Could they really not find a compelling news photo for this story: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/Texas-Librarians-Show-Wild-Side-in-Calendar-52100872.html -- Ed Dravecky III http://www.fencon.org/

[TV orNotTV] Re: It's alright...or is it?

2009-07-30 Thread Mark J.
On Jul 29, 8:17 pm, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Several Saved by the Bell actors continue to thwart Jimmy Fallon's plans to reunite them on his show, choosing to talk with =People= instead: http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/07/29/saved-by-the-bell-reunite-on-... Trend

[TV orNotTV] Re: Nickelodeon's famous orange ... thing: 1984-2009...

2009-07-30 Thread Mark J.
On Jul 30, 12:20 pm, M-D November mdnovem...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe it's just me, but wasn't the point of calling their teen net The N that proper teenagers wouldn't want to watch Nickelodeon (a channel associated with animation like Spongebob and Dora) anymore? Couldn't emphasizing the

[TV orNotTV] Re: Howard Dean hosting Countdown

2009-07-30 Thread Mark J.
On Jul 30, 1:35 pm, Ed Dravecky drave...@gmail.com wrote: Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: Outside of the health care bill, he's not much of a host. Lawrence O'Donnell hosted on Monday and he has a much better TV presence. Indeed.  Dean did a much better job that I feared and he (or,

[TV orNotTV] Re: BREAKING NEWS: The truth about the death of Michael Jackson.

2009-07-30 Thread Mark J.
On Jul 30, 3:41 pm, Terry Knab te...@knab.org wrote: This idiot is a spammer (the link poster)   His spew won't be here anymore. I did a quick search of the archives and found him doing this once before. I've removed his spew and sent him packing. And I would've sworn that I blocked this

[TV orNotTV] Re: Howard Dean hosting Countdown

2009-07-30 Thread Dave Sikula
On Jul 30, 2:11 am, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone else watch this? I'm not sure how I feel about this, but I'm pretty sure I don't like it. Let me preface this by saying I'm a great admirer of Dean's and supported his presidential run, but he's -terrible- in this role. He's

[TV orNotTV] Re: Name That Show...

2009-07-30 Thread doug
Your memory is pretty good. I recognized the Flip Wilson stage as soon as the video started playing. The same video is posted on this page, with attribution for the Flip Wilson Show: http://www.megavideo.com/?c=searchsort=ratingtag=Chocolate Doug Fields Tampa, FL Original Message

[TV orNotTV] Re: Name That Show...

2009-07-30 Thread PGage
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:08 PM, d...@flids.net wrote: Your memory is pretty good.  I recognized the Flip Wilson stage as soon as the video started playing. The same video is posted on this page, with attribution for the Flip Wilson Show:

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'House' creator to revive 'Rockford' at NBC

2009-07-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
Kevin M., to Jason Carpio, in part: Or, and this is a silly notion, the network can come up with a unique concept on its own and create a new classic? Well, that =was= their intent with Battlestar Galactica... {ducks} Failing that, Matthew Perry would make a good new Rockford. Carell, I'd

[TV orNotTV] Aspen paper OK now, but...(Rather seeking to save the news)

2009-07-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
If it asks you to (re-)install Flash, and you know it's working OK on your end, tell them no. I'm not kidding...it did so for =every= page I read there. The free press ... ought to operate as a public trust, not solely as a money-making endeavor, Rather argued, and it’s time the government make

[TV orNotTV] Re: BREAKING NEWS: The truth about the death of Michael Jackson.

2009-07-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
Mea culpa for having let him in originally, I think... but thanks for blowing him up, Terry. -- BOB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To

[TV orNotTV] Re: TVorNotTV is [puzzled/confused/flummoxed] about the redesign of NBC's local OO websites. . .

2009-07-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
Philly has serious stories (PA still lacks a state budget, Bam's little beer-fest), but then goes into things like a sports-team- cheerleaders' bikini calendar shoot, how Aditi Roy became the best newscaster in town, and (NSFW?) celebs who dare to bare... Every day is sweeps week at NnBC

[TV orNotTV] Re: Aspen paper OK now, but...(Rather seeking to save the news)

2009-07-30 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Bob in Jerseybob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: If it asks you to (re-)install Flash, and you know it's working OK on your end, tell them no. I'm not kidding...it did so for =every= page I read there. The free press ... ought to operate as a public trust, not

[TV orNotTV] Poehler back in SNL fold

2009-07-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
Ausiello: She and Seth M. will do Weekend Update Thursday starting Sep 17, ahead of Parks and Recreation and the rest of the Peacock's lineup of laughs... until 30 Rock returns... http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/07/30/amy-poehler-returns-to-snl/ -- BOB

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'House' creator to revive 'Rockford' at NBC

2009-07-30 Thread David Bruggeman
The BSG remake was an attempt to make something better out of something, well, crappy. It managed to work for a while. Original Rockford is a quality program, so the proper concern is screwing up something that is pretty good to begin with. I suppose Carrell could do it, but it would be a

[TV orNotTV] ESPN's Andrews still being picked on

2009-07-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
She had to call the cops 'cuz a couple paparazzi were cliimbing up to the windows in a posh hotel she was at: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=8210952 This piece cites an older one where TMZ contends the original peephole videos were done by someone in the biz... -- BOB

[TV orNotTV] Re: Nickelodeon's famous orange ... thing: 1984-2009...

2009-07-30 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Jul 30, 2009, at 6:42 PM, M-D November wrote: It's interesting you should say that - I was wracking my brain earlier trying to figure out when, back in the 'glory days' of the network, the logo was actually presented as an orange 'splat'. In this compilation of You Can't Do That on