[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno Redux

2009-09-15 Thread PGage
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:33 PM, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote: What a couple of smug bastards...not to mention that Dan and his Band were on Bravo at least a couple of years ago, so Jay is just clueless. I wish

[TV orNotTV] Re: Patrick Swayze Dead

2009-09-15 Thread Dave Sikula
On Sep 14, 5:29 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: Just came over the AP wire from a publicist. On the plus side, I can now put Baby in a corner. This is a Dirty Dancing reference, right? Seriously; I never

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno's Competition

2009-09-15 Thread Dave Sikula
On Sep 14, 5:15 pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: In a post-TiVo age time slots don't really mean very much - unless you have three programs on at the same time that you want to watch (which happens during times like MLB playoff season, or MNF). Still, I was interested in how many Leno shows

[TV orNotTV] Re: I knew about one of Robert Llewellyn's podcasts, but...

2009-09-15 Thread Kevin M.
Chris Barrie's impersonations of the other Red Dwarf cast members (in character) was spot on and hilarious. He is talented. Why isn't he more famous? -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message

[TV orNotTV] Re: Patrick Swayze Dead

2009-09-15 Thread WYBOY
DD was released August 21, 1987. I had even forgotten the signature line was a reference until posted here. But it all came back when listening to the NPR hourly news update a couple of hours ago. The reporter doing the story had virtually every DD popular reference in however long the package

[TV orNotTV] Re: Patrick Swayze Dead

2009-09-15 Thread PGage
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: On Sep 14, 5:29 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: Just came over the AP wire from a publicist. On the plus side, I can now put Baby in a

[TV orNotTV] Re: Jay Leno Show so far

2009-09-15 Thread Michael
That's because those remote bits are such comedy gold that they should bear the stamp of their true source FOREVER! (Nine out of ten psychologists agree: Sarcasm is good for you.) I'm guessing the TJLS bug is evidence that Jay's Big Dog Productions owns the shows and its intellectual property

[TV orNotTV] Re: Patrick Swayze Dead

2009-09-15 Thread Wrecks
Too soon? You probably should wait at least until the body has cooled. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[TV orNotTV] Tweet: Obama calls Kanye West a j...@ck@$$

2009-09-15 Thread Bob in Jersey
Bad enough the rapper rudely upstaged (Berks County, PA's) Taylor Swift on stage at the MTV VMAs (many magazine shows showed West openly swigging from a bottle of Hennessy on the red carpet), but what was meant to be off-the-record on the President's part (not on air) got Tweeted by ABC's Terry

[TV orNotTV] Re: Tweet: Obama calls Kanye West a j...@ck@$$

2009-09-15 Thread Karla Robinson
I cannot believe he did that. Off-the-record means off-the-record! Way to go, Terry I mean, Obama's right, West was a jackass, but doesn't Terry understand the first thing about reporting for the White House? -Original Message- From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno Redux

2009-09-15 Thread Kevin M.
Deconstructing Segment One: The opening theme is smooth jazz at its worst. That band can blow the roof off of that old studio. Why aren't they doing it from the first second of the first episode? Ugh. The Tongue is back. This was a bad idea from when Studio 3 was originally constructed for

[TV orNotTV] Re: Patrick Swayze Dead

2009-09-15 Thread M-D November
I was surprised it took 12 hours before I finally saw the Swayze/ Farley Chipendales Audition sketch referenced. Naturally, it was on the Today show. On Sep 15, 2:59 am, WYBOY redstate...@gmail.com wrote: DD was released August 21, 1987. I had even forgotten the signature line was a

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno Redux

2009-09-15 Thread Kevin M.
Deconstructing Segment Four: This cut up interview gag was better during the Bush administration, mostly because Bush said so many stupid things, so the comedy was built right in. Jay could have just said Gabba gabba gabba? and then cut to a Bush quote and received laughs. That said, the Geico

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno Redux

2009-09-15 Thread stan
On Sep 15, 1:20 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Deconstructing Segment Two: Dan was painfully unfunny. I couldn't sit through it. It felt like it would never end. In other words, a typical segment for Jay's show. Why not open strong with a known quantity? He used to get Fred

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno Redux

2009-09-15 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Pollak, Melissa F. wrote: The set is much better looking than Conan's. On the latter, when Andy's on camera, the view of the audience behind him couldn't be more visually unappealing. I disagree, on nights when there are good-looking ladies sitting back there. (I'm surprised the pages

[TV orNotTV] Increasing many folks' Bacon number by 1

2009-09-15 Thread Bob in Jersey
Kevin and his wife Kyra Sedgwick are among a second group of presenters for Sunday's Emmys... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090915/us-tv-emmy-presenters -- BOB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

[TV orNotTV] Re: Increasing many folks' Bacon number by 1

2009-09-15 Thread Joe Hass
Wouldn't that decrease the number by one? On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Kevin and his wife Kyra Sedgwick are among a second group of presenters for Sunday's Emmys... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090915/us-tv-emmy-presenters

[TV orNotTV] Re: Increasing many folks' Bacon number by 1

2009-09-15 Thread Mark J.
On Sep 15, 5:05 pm, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Kevin and his wife Kyra Sedgwick are among a second group of presenters for Sunday's Emmys... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090915/us-tv-emmy-presenters And I strongly approve of Cat Deeley as a presenter

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno Redux

2009-09-15 Thread Dave Sikula
On Sep 15, 9:56 am, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Ugh. The Tongue is back. This was a bad idea from when Studio 3 was originally constructed for Leno, featuring a section of the stage that slid out for the monologue and then retracted until needed again. It never worked right. I

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno Redux

2009-09-15 Thread Dave Sikula
On Sep 15, 10:54 am, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote: CBS won't give Craig any money, fake or otherwise. From the looks of the show, they don't give him any writers, either. --Dave Sikula --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People!

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno Redux

2009-09-15 Thread Mark J.
On Sep 15, 5:16 pm, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: On Sep 15, 9:56 am, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Ugh. The Tongue is back. This was a bad idea from when Studio 3 was originally constructed for Leno, featuring a section of the stage that slid out for the monologue and

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno Redux

2009-09-15 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: On Sep 15, 5:16 pm, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: On Sep 15, 9:56 am, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Ugh. The Tongue is back. This was a bad idea from when Studio 3 was originally constructed for

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno Redux

2009-09-15 Thread David Bruggeman
Well, his sister is on staff, so you may have a point. From: Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com On Sep 15, 10:54 am, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote: CBS won't give Craig any money, fake or otherwise. From the looks of the show, they don't give him any

[TV orNotTV] FCC to return to protecting us from Janet Jackson's nipple

2009-09-15 Thread Wesley McGee
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/353929-FCC_To_Further_Investigate_Janet_Jackson_Super_Bowl_Reveal.php The FCC has reasserted its power to regulate fleeting nudity and says it wants to further investigate whether CBS' indecency violation [in the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake Super Bowl

[TV orNotTV] Re: Increasing many folks' Bacon number by 1

2009-09-15 Thread Bob in Jersey
Joe Hass: Wouldn't that decrease the number by one? Yeah, you're right... -- BOB Wanna lose weight? Weight Loss Programs that work. Click here.

[TV orNotTV] Re: Tweet: Obama calls Kanye West a j...@ck@$$

2009-09-15 Thread PGage
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Karla Robinson karlasrobin...@zoominternet.net wrote: I cannot believe he did that.  Off-the-record means off-the-record! Way to go, Terry I mean, Obama's right, West was a jackass, but doesn't Terry understand the first thing about reporting for the

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno Redux

2009-09-15 Thread PGage
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Wondering who his target audience is? Doing a little Twitter Tracking, I found this from McCainBlogette, a.k.a. Meghan McCain: I LOVE Jay Leno's new show! I am so glad he's back on TV! That's a SWEET TWEET

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno Redux

2009-09-15 Thread PGage
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Deconstructing Segment Five: Not employing hyperbole, that was easily the best interview segment Jay Leno has ever had. I don't know if it was Leno's idea to use his meeting with Kanye's mother to approach the

[TV orNotTV] More American telly for Brits

2009-09-15 Thread Bob in Jersey
CBS and a Liberty Media division team up to rename six UK cable channels as Zone (something), and populate them with product from The Eye's library, e.g. 'Dynasty' and 'Star Trek (TOS)'...

[TV orNotTV] The multicamera sitcom lives!!

2009-09-15 Thread Bob in Jersey
And you can partly blame a bunch of Men and the Bang gang... http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ia88ac756513e0fd91d7404ee8afd2191 -- BOB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno Redux

2009-09-15 Thread David Bruggeman
My take on the mother question was Jay making it about Jay - I had the pleasure of meeting your mother a few years ago... Leno has generally done lousy interviews (see Sunday night for a good example), and by comparison a deer-in-the-headlights question like that looks insightful. Kanye has

[TV orNotTV] Re: More American telly for Brits

2009-09-15 Thread M-D November
Hm. Well, as channel names go, those names are no worse than Dave. On Sep 15, 10:26 pm, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: CBS and a Liberty Media division team up to rename six UK cable channels as Zone (something), and populate them with product from The Eye's library, e.g.

[TV orNotTV] Re: FCC to return to protecting us from Janet Jackson's nipple

2009-09-15 Thread Bob in Jersey
M-D November, to Wesley McGee: If that's the standard the FCC is going to use, shouldn't EVERY sporting event be on a 5- or 7-second delay, in case a streaker decides to jump the fence and make a break for the visitors' bench? That was their goal, as ISTR hearing not too long after the

[TV orNotTV] Grow some TV of your own

2009-09-15 Thread Bob in Jersey
The NY Times profiles Cannabis Planet, a paid program on a small SoCal station extolling nonrecreational MJ use... and a famous reality- TV maker is itching to get a weed-themed show going... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/arts/television/15pot.html?_r=3pagewanted=all -- BOB

[TV orNotTV] Re: More American telly for Brits

2009-09-15 Thread Joe Coughlin
Dave ja vu is worse. On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:39 PM, M-D November mdnovem...@gmail.com wrote: Hm. Well, as channel names go, those names are no worse than Dave. On Sep 15, 10:26 pm, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: CBS and a Liberty Media division team up to rename six UK

[TV orNotTV] Comedy Central HD

2009-09-15 Thread Dave Sikula
Here in NoCal, we just started getting a whole bundle of new HD channels on Comcast, including Comedy Central, but the schedule is very odd: 25 minutes early, meaning TDS airs at 10:35 instead of 11:00 and Colbert at 11:05, rather than half past. Is this typical anywhere else, or is it unique to