[TV orNotTV] Possibly the best Huell Howser promo ever...

2013-09-04 Thread Kevin M.
From the KCET Facebook page (they almost religiously promote reruns of Huell's shows) come this: You haven't really heard ukeleles until you hear 30 of them played simultaneously by senior citizens... Can you imagine how many times Huell exclaimed How about that! during that episode?

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Please trim your posts

2013-09-04 Thread Joe Hass
To piggy back on this: if you're using Gmail, you'll probably see the small box with three dots in it. Clicking that opens the various previous parts of the chain that Gmail is graciously hiding for you for easy deleting. So when you get four or five levels deep, that things is chock full of

Re: [TV orNotTV] Golf on Fox follow-up

2013-09-04 Thread Mark Jeffries
NBC and most of the major cable channels do some sort of letterboxing on the SD feed for scripted programming in HD and some reality shows (based on the show). NBC doesn't letterbox reality shows, for some reason, and TBS doesn't letterbox Conan. CBS, ABC and The CW for some reason continue to

Re: [TV orNotTV] Golf on Fox follow-up

2013-09-04 Thread stannc
TWC (at least in the Charlotte area) has converted to all HD boxes. I have one SD set where I have an HD box attached, and if I tune to an HD station, the picture is appropriately letter boxed. If I use the SD channel number, in many cases the picture is clipped on the sides. -Stan -- --

[TV orNotTV] Jon Stewart's first night back (spoilers, I guess)

2013-09-04 Thread Steve Timko
What did others think of Jon Stewart's first night back? I thought the opening bit went on a little too long. And it wasn't that funny. Stewart and John Oliver were okay in their co-anchor bit. What really raised my eyebrows was Stewart and his guest saying all these wonderful things about Jordan

Re: [TV orNotTV] NoTV: Cumulus Buys Major Syndicator

2013-09-04 Thread Ed Dravecky
Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com wrote: And among Dial Global's assets being acquired by Cumulus is our very own Ed Dravecky's former employer, the TM Studios jingle factory, which could mean a little different sound for many Cumulus stations if they play hardball I find it ironic that Tom

Re: [TV orNotTV] US Top Gear back tonight

2013-09-04 Thread Kevin M.
Episode free on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/coast-to-coast/id688248092?i=695121193 On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:15 PM, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote: The boys are driving cross-country tonight. While one of the challenges lacks the fear of death suggested when their

Re: [TV orNotTV] US Top Gear back tonight

2013-09-04 Thread David Bruggeman
And also on History's website: http://www.history.com/shows/top-gear/videos/top-gear-coast-to-coast?m=51896f6e2acad I wish they spent two episodes on this one. David From: Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com

Re: [TV orNotTV] US Top Gear back tonight

2013-09-04 Thread Kevin M.
Agreed. The pace of this episode felt rushed, especially since I covered roughly half of the trip they took not too long ago. On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 8:50 PM, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote: And also on History's website:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jon Stewart's first night back (spoilers, I guess)

2013-09-04 Thread PGage
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Steve Timko steveti...@gmail.com wrote: What did others think of Jon Stewart's first night back? I thought the opening bit went on a little too long. And it wasn't that funny. Stewart and John Oliver were okay in their co-anchor bit. What really raised my

Re: [TV orNotTV] now that CBS and Time Warner have settled

2013-09-04 Thread Kevin M.
I just watched the photo album at the end of Dave's 20th anniversary on CBS. Seeing images of Tom Snyder and Warren Zevon in almost rapid succession, I teared up a bit. Enjoy every sandwich, people. On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Melissa P takingupspace...@gmail.comwrote: Interesting.