[TV orNotTV] Re: Save 10:00 Just For Us

2010-03-05 Thread JW
OK. I watched Parenthood. Not a bad pilot, but not in any way related to the movie, which makes me ask again why they felt the need to pay royalties for the use of a title and some character names. I'd suggest branding, but how many people in the most desirable demo remember the movie? From

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Save 10:00 Just For Us

2010-03-05 Thread Kevin M.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:44 AM, JW redbu...@gmail.com wrote: Brian [Grazer] and I asked Jason [Katims], who came to us with the idea of turning the movie Parenthood into a series, Why don't you just cook up your own show? He said, There was just something in the DNA of that set of characters,

[TV orNotTV] FoxNews on Fred Rogers

2010-03-05 Thread Kevin M.
To ANY conservative who still needed proof that FoxNews is full of sh*t, I present the following clip. Look, you can say that Mr. Rogers was strange, or that his on-screen persona was a little more effeminate than you're comfortable with. But for FoxNews to deconstruct Fred Rogers as evil is just

[TV orNotTV] Re: One less unfunny Oscar skit

2010-03-05 Thread Dave Sikula
On Mar 4, 8:49 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: A scheduled sketch featuring Sacha/Bruno/Borat/Ali-G/One-Trick-Pony-Boy has been scrapped out of fear it would offend James Cameron. I'm torn. I find One-Trick-Pony-Boy to be unfunny, but I find James Cameron to be unentertaining. I

[TV orNotTV] How do you pronounce this?

2010-03-05 Thread Dave Sikula
From Cynopsis today: Ryan Devlin, currently appearing on ABC's Cougar Town, takes on a starring role opposite William Shatner in the CBS comedy pilot S**t My Dad Says based on the popular Twitter account. Devlin will play the son to Shatner's opinionated dad character. Is that the title they're

[TV orNotTV] An odd clause in the American Idol contract?

2010-03-05 Thread Kevin M.
Or just an odd rumor? Idol contestants supposedly had their individual Facebook and Twitter profiles (or fan pages) taken away and consolodated into one circle of hell. Can Fox actually instruct contestants where they can and cannot tweet?

Re: [TV orNotTV] How do you pronounce this?

2010-03-05 Thread David Risner
Shat, has to be pronounced Shat My Dad Says. -- David Risner On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: From Cynopsis today: Ryan Devlin, currently appearing on ABC's Cougar Town, takes on a starring role opposite William Shatner in the CBS comedy pilot S**t My

[TV orNotTV] Re: How do you pronounce this?

2010-03-05 Thread donz5
Or Shatner, My Dad, Says. On Mar 5, 3:33 pm, David Risner da...@risner.org wrote: Shat, has to be pronounced Shat My Dad Says. -- David Risner On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: From Cynopsis today: Ryan Devlin, currently appearing on ABC's Cougar

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: How do you pronounce this?

2010-03-05 Thread Kevin M.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:59 PM, donz5 do...@aol.com wrote: Or Shatner, My Dad, Says. On Mar 5, 3:33 pm, David Risner da...@risner.org wrote: Shat, has to be pronounced Shat My Dad Says. How about The Only Scripted Comedy Potentially More Moronic Than Reality TV as a title? -- Kevin M.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: One less unfunny Oscar skit

2010-03-05 Thread Tom Wolper
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: On Mar 4, 8:49 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: A scheduled sketch featuring Sacha/Bruno/Borat/Ali-G/One-Trick-Pony-Boy has been scrapped out of fear it would offend James Cameron. I'm torn. I find

[TV orNotTV] Re: How do you pronounce this?

2010-03-05 Thread Bob in Jersey
Dave Sikula, in part: Is that the title they're going with? How are we supposed to pronounce it? We can pronounce it any way we want... Broadcast entities, on the other hand, will likely use a sound effect, as on Southland. Can't speak for, say, E! News. -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The

[TV orNotTV] Emmys to set TV back decades

2010-03-05 Thread Bob in Jersey
Only in that they'll be live to all time zones. http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/emmys-2010-live-world-14940 -- 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 to this group, send email

[TV orNotTV] A Tool for the Tool

2010-03-05 Thread Bob in Jersey
Dennis Haskins is now an ongoing joke on the Fallon show: http://www.popeater.com/2010/03/05/mr-belding-jimmy-fallon/ -- 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 to this group,

Re: [TV orNotTV] A Tool for the Tool

2010-03-05 Thread Kevin M.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Dennis Haskins is now an ongoing joke on the Fallon show: Haskins was one of the nicest guys I met on the NBC lot. If he's enjoying the jokes, great, but if he's unintentionally becoming the butt of Fallon's jokes, it is

[TV orNotTV] Re: How do you pronounce this?

2010-03-05 Thread M-D November
I don't know. This has more potential than, say, Cavemen or Baby Bob. On Mar 5, 4:01 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:59 PM, donz5 do...@aol.com wrote: Or Shatner, My Dad, Says. On Mar 5, 3:33 pm, David Risner da...@risner.org wrote: Shat, has to be

[TV orNotTV] Re: Emmys to set TV back decades

2010-03-05 Thread Maybe
On Mar 5, 1:56�pm, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Only in that they'll be live to all time zones. http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/emmys-2010-live-world-14940 And you don't think that is a good thing that it will be live on the West Coast too? I'm sick of these stupid tape

[TV orNotTV] Emergency bulletin for Kevin

2010-03-05 Thread Jim Ellwanger
@dohertyshannen now exists. That is all. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Emergency bulletin for Kevin

2010-03-05 Thread David Bruggeman
While not officially verified, it seems on the up and up. And no, Kevin, you don't have to join Twitter to follow her. Just hit her RSS feed. David From: Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv @dohertyshannen now exists. That is all. -- Jim Ellwanger

Re: [TV orNotTV] Emergency bulletin for Kevin

2010-03-05 Thread jeffrey marousek
the lack of response from my brother at this point indicates to me at least one hand is typing in the information to his twitter account. (and if anyone here thinks i have not been zinged just as hard by Kevin in the past, WRONG!) Jeff On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 6:32 PM, David Bruggeman

[TV orNotTV] Re: How do you pronounce this?

2010-03-05 Thread Michael
Re: The working title, such as it is - I must note that CBS is the home of the free-cursing (albeit humorously-censored) crown prince of late-night Craigyferg. The act of dropping an f-bomb (or something of comparable vulgarity) doesn't seen to phase the Tiffany Network's censors anymore, at least

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: How do you pronounce this?

2010-03-05 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Mar 5, 2010, at 5:38 PM, Michael wrote: Re: The working title, such as it is - I must note that CBS is the home of the free-cursing (albeit humorously-censored) crown prince of late-night Craigyferg. And not that anyone currently at CBS would remember this, but they once had a daytime

[TV orNotTV] Re: How do you pronounce this?

2010-03-05 Thread Bob in Jersey
Jim Ellwanger, to Michael: And not that anyone currently at CBS would remember this, but they once had a daytime game show named Whew, which a title that sounds strange if one tries to pronounce it as if it's an actual word:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypZPOIsDK90 Well, *I* think he did a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: How do you pronounce this?

2010-03-05 Thread Joe Hass
In the immortal words of Tom Kennedy, Calling out the level and dollar amount...CHARGE!l On Mar 5, 2010, at 9:14 PM, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv wrote: On Mar 5, 2010, at 5:38 PM, Michael wrote: Re: The working title, such as it is - I must note that CBS is the home of the

[TV orNotTV] Re: One less unfunny Oscar skit

2010-03-05 Thread Dave Sikula
On Mar 5, 1:07 pm, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: I'm confused about this. Details of the sketch were in the liked news article so the producers could run it past Cameron and see what he thinks about it. The conceit that he might be insulted doesn't make any sense - let him see what's

Re: [TV orNotTV] Emergency bulletin for Kevin

2010-03-05 Thread Kevin M.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:52 PM, jeffrey marousek jeff.marou...@gmail.com wrote: the lack of response from my brother at this point indicates to me at least one hand is typing in the information to his twitter account. (and if anyone here thinks i have not been zinged just as hard by