Give it to the Dos Equis guy. That is all.
Chris
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 4:22 PM, televisiongirl televisiong...@gmail.comwrote:
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Bob in Jersey
bob.in.jer...@juno.comwrote:
Great. The floor is open to nominations for the voice of Charlie.
Neil Patrick
Frank Conniff posted news of the death of the Remote Control host on
his Facebook profile. Though I've yet to find confirmation elsewhere,
it isn't the sort of thing Frank would joke about.
Though I may get slammed for this, Remote Control did for game shows
what Late Night with David Letterman
He was 79.
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-edward-woodward17-2009nov17,0,5792524.story?track=rssutm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews+%28L.A.+Times+-+Top+News%29utm_content=My+Yahoo
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Anybody know anybody at nbc.com? I've been trying to watch CTRL for
the past few days, but I can't get the videos to load beyond the first
one. (Two different computers, three different browsers -- haven't
tried Opera yet.) There is, of course, no way to let them know there's
a problem on the
I wholehearted agree with your comparison. It is still my personal
favorite game show. The fact that the episodes rarely see the light of
day are shameful. I would love to see someone come back and do it
again (though catching the lightning-in-a-bottle of Quinn, Leary, and
Sandler amongst the
You should be able to download the podcast versions off of iTunes
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote:
Anybody know anybody at nbc.com? I've been trying to watch CTRL for
the past few days, but I can't get the videos to load beyond the first
one. (Two
On Nov 16, 10:18 am, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote:
Anybody know anybody at nbc.com? I've been trying to watch CTRL for
the past few days, but I can't get the videos to load beyond the first
one. (Two different computers, three different browsers -- haven't
tried Opera yet.) There
Breaker Morant is one of my favorite movies.
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I hate Kathie Lee Gifford so I try to know as little about her as
possible, but my understanding is that she did come from an alcoholic
home. So if it's not true, it might be unusually vicious.
I'm recognizing fewer and fewer of the hosts. A sure sign I'm moving
out of the last desirable
I'm not terribly sure on the details and am too lazy to look, but I believe
there was an incident surrounding wine in a cooking segment once.
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Steve Timko steveti...@gmail.com wrote:
I hate Kathie Lee Gifford so I try to know as little about her as
possible,
The pubcasting trade mag Current's annual list of upcoming public TV
programs, including the Doctor as Hamlet (with Capt. Picard as
Claudius), the acclaimed doc Food, Inc., American Masters looking
at Merle Haggard, John Lennon in New York and Johnny Carson, Ken
Burns' sequel to Baseball, an
A pulled sketch in garbage time (which, let's face it, is anything after
Update, and much of what comes during and before), isn't necessarily a problem
with the host. I'm not saying it wasn't, just that there's any number of
reasons something might have been yanked at the last minute. It is
Update from Shecky Magazine.com:
...Eddie Brill has retracted the original message and given life to
yet another rumor-- this one about the passing of Kevin Knox.
Oh, that Eddie...
On Nov 16, 11:12 am, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote:
On Nov 16, 9:49 am, Kevin M.
As a game show nerd from a very early age, and a TV nerd in general, I
LOVED Remote Control - it was reverent to game show formats of the
past but snarky and modern at the same time. I actually went so far
as to build a 'Mighty Zenith' of my own out of posterboard,
construction paper 'screens'
Point noted, but in this case, the entire logo is typographic. So...
On Nov 15, 12:19 am, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv wrote:
Insert my usual rant about using regular typography to attempt to replicate a
logo.
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On yesterday's episode of ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown, Chris Berman,
Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson, Cris Carter and MIke Ditka all picked
the Pittsburgh Steelers to defeat the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals
won!!!
Not only that, Berman said his gamebreaker was Bengals RB Cedric
Benson, and
Um, dude.. it was at Pittsburgh and they just came off of putting a beatdown
of the broncos at denver.
Most non bengals fans would of picked pittsburgh to win.
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Brian Henke cincy43...@yahoo.com wrote:
On yesterday's episode of ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown,
Okay, so I found the page in the iTunes store, clicked Subscribe and
Get All, and then had to leave the house. Now I'm back, and I see that
almost all of the files didn't download. So my original premise still
stands: If anybody knows anybody at nbc.com, please let them know
there's a problem.
I've found that if you have iTunes set to allow multiple simultaneous
downloads, but the originating server only allows one download (or
two, since iTunes runs three downloads at once) at a time, they'll
time out if you're trying to download several. Try hitting get all
again and unchecking the
M-D November wrote:
Point noted, but in this case, the entire logo is typographic. So...
This doesn't directly apply to email forums, but it's the first example I
can come up with: most, if not all, print publications have the ability
to put a little star into regular typography. So why,
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv wrote:
M-D November wrote:
Point noted, but in this case, the entire logo is typographic. So...
This doesn't directly apply to email forums, but it's the first example I
can come up with: most, if not all, print
I can't wait until [scrubs] returns this December.
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv
wrote:
M-D November wrote:
Point noted, but in this case, the entire logo is typographic.
To quote Boomer's other famous quote of Cosell: That's why they play
the games!
Plenty of mea culpas next week at Bristol U...
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Which it should be, as it is a proper noun.
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a friend who, out of principle, refuses to capitalize the
second letter of Apple products like iTunes of iPod, because they do
not follow any know rules of
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote:
Which it should be, as it is a proper noun.
Yet intranet is not. Nor is e-mail.
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Correct, because you can have more than one intranet, and more than
one e-mail system. But there is only one Internet.
(M-W and AP both back this up: couldn't find the entry in CMS)
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote:
Yet intranet is not. Nor is e-mail.
Tried downloading just one in the interim. Took a bloody long time,
but it worked. I guess à la carte is indeed the way to go. Thanks
again to all.
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 3:25 PM, David Lynch djly...@gmail.com wrote:
I've found that if you have iTunes set to allow multiple simultaneous
Joe Coughlin wrote:
I can't wait until [scrubs] returns this December.
And now, please enjoy the sound of me banging my head on my desk for the
next 5 minutes.
(If I had a lot of time on my hands, I would start submitting endless
corrections to IMDB based on the fact that, since they're
What's the matter of just having fun? This is an electronic mailing list
among friends and colleagues, not serious work intended for publication. Is
it really an issue that needs debate? If for some reason I post a press
release from the local CBS affiliate from Washington DC, will I be subject
to
Wesley McGee wrote:
If for some reason I post a press
release from the local CBS affiliate from Washington DC, will I be subject
to this if I don't strip out the stars they sneak in between the W and the
U in its call letters (though they do it
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Wesley McGee wesley.mc...@gmail.com wrote:
What's the matter of just having fun? This is an electronic mailing list
among friends and colleagues, not serious work intended for publication. Is
it really an issue that needs debate? If for some reason I post a
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote:
Tried downloading just one in the interim. Took a bloody long time,
but it worked. I guess à la carte is indeed the way to go. Thanks
again to all.
Last time I checked, NBC Interactive consisted of two drunk interns
and a
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Wesley McGee wesley.mc...@gmail.com
wrote:
What's the matter of just having fun? This is an electronic mailing list
among friends and colleagues, not serious work intended for
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Wesley McGee wesley.mc...@gmail.com wrote:
That said, replacing letters with numbers is actually called leet speak,
not lite speak -- aka l33t or 1337. It comes from a
shortening/misspelling (of course) of the word elite.
And you'll notice my original post
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Wesley McGee wesley.mc...@gmail.com
wrote:
That said, replacing letters with numbers is actually called leet
speak,
not lite speak -- aka l33t or 1337. It comes from a
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Chris Neuman cneuma...@gmail.com wrote:
Give it to the Dos Equis guy. That is all.
I was trying to think of non-white Charlies. Maybe Michael Dorn.
Then I thought about a female Charlie, but that would add an
unnecessary tension.
Tom
The New York Times has it now.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/ken-ober-remote-control-host-is-dead/
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 13:46, Joe Coughlin inturnaro...@gmail.com wrote:
Shecky Mag has updated again...and several comedians such as Doug Benson and
Paul F Tompkins are
On Nov 16, 12:53 pm, M-D November mdnovem...@gmail.com wrote:
As a game show nerd from a very early age, and a TV nerd in general, I
LOVED Remote Control - it was reverent to game show formats of the
past but snarky and modern at the same time. I actually went so far
as to build a 'Mighty
The Black Eyed Peas weren't given a full third song, unlike U2, which
leads me to believe it was something done at the last minute.
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Chris Neuman cneuma...@gmail.com wrote:
Give it to the Dos Equis guy. That is all.
I was trying to think of non-white Charlies. Maybe Michael Dorn.
Then I thought about a female Charlie,
Bob Saget would be too on the nose, right?
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Chris Neuman cneuma...@gmail.com wrote:
Give it to the Dos Equis guy. That is
Y'know, at first I was disappointed that I was losing Boomer and TJ in NFL
Primetime.
But this year's Football Night in America has been great and made me forget
about ESPN's show.
Oh and I agree. Fantasy Football Now is more informative with actual
football information instead of puff pieces
On Nov 16, 7:55 pm, Jason Carpio jcar...@gmail.com wrote:
Y'know, at first I was disappointed that I was losing Boomer and TJ in NFL
Primetime.
But this year's Football Night in America has been great and made me forget
about ESPN's show.
Oh and I agree. Fantasy Football Now is more
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Brian Henke cincy43...@yahoo.com wrote:
(SNIP) Last week, 64 percent correctly picked the Steelres to beat the
Denver Broncos. Every state but Colorado and Wyoming went for the
Steelers. Maybe the fans should make the game picks instead of Berman
et al.
I
Microsoft, Firefox, and the most current editions of Webster's New
World College Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary,
the only ones that are still being updated at present. If they're
saying Internet, it's Internet.
jd, surrounded by books
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 3:39 PM,
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote:
Microsoft, Firefox, and the most current editions of Webster's New
World College Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary,
the only ones that are still being updated at present. If they're
saying Internet,
He did a voice over on The Lone Gunmen disaster on FOX that was genuinely
hysterical.
TVG
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:45 PM, televisiongirl televisiong...@gmail.comwrote:
He did a voice over on The Lone Gunmen disaster on FOX that was genuinely
hysterical.
TVG
As a child, I thought he was Michael Caine.
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http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround
A guy who had been handling marketing for MyNetwork has a new job, and
he did a corporate no-no and copied his mailing list from one place of
employment to the next. And since I was on the list receive PR for his
old job, guess which company now sends me updates on programs in
production or
(long time lurker, ex-a.f.l-er here)
My eye was drawn to Phil Lempert's Food Sense -- a show that [F]
ollows food’s route from its source to your table, showing how
consumers’ choices affect their health and nutrition as well as foods’
sustainability, taste and value.
And the major funder is
YouTube and Univision join forces to distribute content geared towards
Spanish speakers:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/youtube-univision-tutube/?src=linkedin
Does the piano playing cat only appeal to English speakers?
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If Chappelle's Show was still in production, we might have found out.
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=219413title=electric-guitar,-drums-or
David
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YouTube and Univision join forces to distribute
Fair enough. But I'm pretty sure my homemade home game was better. A
shame I never took pictures.
I did have the official 'Remote Control' sweatshirt, tho.
M-D
His basement, his rules, his game show.
On Nov 16, 6:24 pm, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote:
On Nov 16, 12:53 pm, M-D
Take a campy sci-fi show and make a soap opera out of it.
Okay, so now they've done it to The Prisoner as well. All that's left
is to make dark dramas out of Space 1999 and The Adventures of
Buckaroo Banzai.
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Now it's over 33K.
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Subject: [TV orNotTV] NPH is all a-twitter
Had an account for six hours and already
The Dr. Horrible profile pic probably helps.
NPH will probably catch Teller (37K plus followers, write your own
feeble-attempt at irony here) by tomorrow morning.
David
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Now it's over 33K.
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Apparently, not only is the 10:00 hour on life support, but the
networks are about to get out of the Friday night programming
business, as they got out of the Saturday night business a few years
ago.
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/13/what-happened-to-friday-night-tv/
Earlier this decade,
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