Re: [TV orNotTV] Who is John Gault...err, Homer?

2016-11-06 Thread Diner
He was a member of Theatrical Stage Employees Union, Local One, I.A.T.S.E. - the union that represents the stagehands at NBC. Theatrical Stage Employees Union, Local One, I.A.T.S.E. - See more at:

Re: [TV orNotTV] World Series Game 3 Notes

2016-11-06 Thread Bob Jersey
Jim Ellwanger, to Joe Hass, in part: > > > Incidentally, this year I went to a couple of International League > minor-league games, in which a pitch clock is being used, and I would be > very happy to see that implemented in MLB. > > > The collective-bargaining agreement with the players is up

Re: [TV orNotTV] Who is John Gault...err, Homer?

2016-11-06 Thread PGage
So, I guess he was someone in the NYC theater community who had close ties to the SNL people? On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Brad Beam wrote: > -Original Message- > From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Steve Timko >

Re: [TV orNotTV] World Series Game 3 Notes

2016-11-06 Thread PGage
Thanks for this Joe - great to get this background, and happy for you that you got to experience this. I did not see any of the Giants recent (ahem, three) World Series games in person, but did get to watch games with groups of local friends/fans, and it was a lot of fun. I'm sure it is even more

RE: [TV orNotTV] Who is John Gault...err, Homer?

2016-11-06 Thread Brad Beam
-Original Message- From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Timko >Reddit says he was a member of the New York theatrical union. > >On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 9:28 AM, PGage wrote: >> SNL flashed an apparent memorial slide

RE: [TV orNotTV] World Series Game 3 Notes

2016-11-06 Thread Brad Beam
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Hass >In closing, I wish to apologize to all the non sports people who are probably >sick of us by now Then, it was probably best you weren’t at my church this morning where – in my role as piano

Re: [TV orNotTV] Who is John Gault...err, Homer?

2016-11-06 Thread Steve Timko
Reddit says he was a member of the New York theatrical union. On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 9:28 AM, PGage wrote: > SNL flashed an apparent memorial slide right before the good bye, without > years of birth/death or any note of his connection to the show. > > >

[TV orNotTV] Who is John Gault...err, Homer?

2016-11-06 Thread PGage
SNL flashed an apparent memorial slide right before the good bye, without years of birth/death or any note of his connection to the show. https://www.bustle.com/articles/193497-who-is-john-homer-snl-paid-a-mysterious-tribute -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest

Re: [TV orNotTV] World Series Game 3 Notes

2016-11-06 Thread Jim Ellwanger
> On Nov 6, 2016, at 7:00 AM, Joe Hass wrote: > > 2. It's been 13 years since I went to the Cubs NLDS and NLCS games, so I > can't remember, but in the World Series, the clubs give over control of > pretty much everything to MLB. For example, State Farm usually

[TV orNotTV] World Series Game 3 Notes

2016-11-06 Thread Joe Hass
Apologies for the tardiness of this. 1. If you're familiar with the layout of Wrigley: they created temporary broadcast booths in the upper deck concourse below the press box (where they had a bunch of handicap seating) for those rightsholders who had people who called the game onsite (so MLB

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Any words on the Cubs' win?

2016-11-06 Thread PGage
On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 4:14 AM, JW wrote: > > ...Most of the time, the difference in recorded votes is greater > > than this inherent human error; but once in a while the the recorded vote > > is closer than the human error rate, and when that happens, it is > > meaningless

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Any words on the Cubs' win?

2016-11-06 Thread PGage
On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 4:14 AM, JW wrote: > > Technology now allows the game to be > > officiated at a non-human level, where > > time is slowed down, and margins are > > so small they could not possibly influence > > real time decisions by players or officials. > > There's a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Any words on the Cubs' win?

2016-11-06 Thread Joe Hass
Sidebar: after a couple of ties in swimming at the Summer Olympics, the question was raised whether it was worth expanding the official time to include thousands of a second (.001). And the short answer was that the physical nature of a swimming pool precluded that level of precision: a pool could

[TV orNotTV] Re: Any words on the Cubs' win?

2016-11-06 Thread JW
> Technology now allows the game to be > officiated at a non-human level, where > time is slowed down, and margins are > so small they could not possibly influence > real time decisions by players or officials. There's a huge difference between players and officials. Nobody is paying/tuning in to

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Good Behavior

2016-11-06 Thread PGage
Honestly I am probably more intrigued by Kevin's mention of the bra, but I will comment on the accent. It reminds me of one of the worst American accents I have ever heard in television, from Genevieve O'Reilly on Spooks (Season 8). She is an Irish actress playing a CIA agent from New England. The