Re: [TV orNotTV] The hurricane, NYC and late night

2012-10-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Oct 29, 2012, at 9:21 AM, donz5 wrote: Tom Malone reports from fb-afl that LSwDL will tape tonight. However, a tweet from the Brooklyn Academy of Music says that tonight's Jimmy Kimmel taping has been canceled: https://twitter.com/BAM_Brooklyn/status/262954979634081792 -- Jim Ellwanger

Re: [TV orNotTV] The most popular TV personality in Puerto Rico...

2012-10-19 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Oct 19, 2012, at 12:13 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: ...is a costumed human-sized puppet with a shrill voice and penchant for mischievous gossip and scandal-mongering. They call her The Godmother. On the mainland, we call her Joan Rivers. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

Re: [TV orNotTV] Battlestar Galactica Ruins A Perfectly Good Word

2012-10-18 Thread Jim Ellwanger
and any family shows. Conan's new word was spelled krunk. Crunk, which is primarily a style of hip-hop music (any drug-related context is incidental) is apparently unrelated -- the term originated in southern African-American slang prior to Late Night. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv

Re: [TV orNotTV] West Coast TVorNotTV-Watchers, How Do They Handle the Debate?

2012-10-17 Thread Jim Ellwanger
is that important? Wheel episodes are standalone, but Jeopardy! is a continuing series. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Question for the group mind

2012-10-12 Thread Jim Ellwanger
last year's playoffs was Terra Nova, so, really, enough said. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC Munsters redux salvaged as telemovie

2012-10-11 Thread Jim Ellwanger
' premieres are now TBD. Looking forward to Mockingbird Lane, if for no other reason than it seems like it's been a while since the networks actually aired a failed pilot. The only thing missing is the old-school TV Guide listings designation: [A pilot not on NBC's fall schedule.] -- Jim Ellwanger

Re: [TV orNotTV] Premiere-month haiku

2012-10-09 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Oct 9, 2012, at 5:31 AM, Diner wrote: And they made the announcement on Chevy Chase's birthday. Stay classy, NBC. Long article by TV Guide editor Michael Schneider about Community-related things and stuff: http://www.tvguide.com/News/Community-Port-Guarascio-1054409.aspx -- Jim Ellwanger

Re: [TV orNotTV] For those who can't get enough Sorkin -- Politics as Theater

2012-10-02 Thread Jim Ellwanger
And formally came to mean formerly (as seen on The Simpsons on Sunday) and Super Bowl switched its spelling to Superbowl (as seen on Doctor Who on Saturday). Sent from my iPhone On Oct 2, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Jon Delfin

Re: [TV orNotTV] For those who can't get enough Sorkin -- Politics as Theater

2012-10-02 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Oct 2, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Last year e-mail became email Seems like it was longer ago than that! It's been at least a couple of years since even stodgy old Yahoo! updated its corporate style guide to make that change. -- Jim Ellwanger train

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: WLS-FM pulls a CBS-FM, sort of

2012-10-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
into mornings... Robert Feder covers it, as does Forgotten Hits blogger and Chicagoan Kent Kotal... -- BOB Now they just need to swap frequencies with Northwestern University's WNUR at 89.3, and they can bring back the original 89 WLS jingles from their sister station's Top 40 days. -- Jim

Re: [TV orNotTV] You think the AMC fans are mad...

2012-09-16 Thread Jim Ellwanger
not -- but Dish has the Pac-12 Networks, and DirecTV does not. Your choice of TV provider must now depend solely upon which college football team is your favorite! -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

Re: [TV orNotTV] SNL season opener review

2012-09-16 Thread Jim Ellwanger
of YouTube. -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from

Re: [TV orNotTV] SNL season opener review

2012-09-16 Thread Jim Ellwanger
need a wig -- and talking about freeway routings in order to take over Kristen Wiig's role on The Californians.) -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Meet the new SNL players

2012-09-12 Thread Jim Ellwanger
with the premise that we get to see/hear the imaginary friend version of Obama that Eastwood was speaking to. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Meet the new SNL players

2012-09-10 Thread Jim Ellwanger
is still going to be on the show -- the cast members who departed were Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg, and Abby Elliott. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Drunk Crazy Man Breaks into Republican Convention Floor, Interviewed on CNN

2012-08-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
let them speak up if they want. -- 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 tvornottv

Re: [TV orNotTV] Vin Scully To Return For Year 64

2012-08-26 Thread Jim Ellwanger
broadcast will be blacked out in your area (that's true of both MLB.tv and MLB Extra Innings). -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] NYT: Kimmel to 11:35, Nightline to 12:35

2012-08-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
geek-with-a-podcast.) -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com

Re: [TV orNotTV] Time-Warner software upgrade?

2012-08-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
and her TV don't seem to get along very well; switching to or between HD channels causes the TV to go black for 3-5 seconds with each new channel.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you

Re: [TV orNotTV] Late Late Show taping

2012-07-26 Thread Jim Ellwanger
-captioning days of portions of interviews being cut on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (we were creating the captions based on an audio feed of the taping, and if something ended up being cut, an associate producer called us a couple hours later -- or, at least, was supposed to). -- Jim Ellwanger train

Re: [TV orNotTV] Late Late Show taping

2012-07-26 Thread Jim Ellwanger
of Clive as host). I think they got 3 episodes out of that taping, at least one of which didn't air for 3 or 4 years. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Is NBC Purposely Planning a DVR-Unfriendly Olympics?

2012-07-26 Thread Jim Ellwanger
-- Continue at 10:00. -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Lucy,' 'Bewitched' Director Dies at 90

2012-07-17 Thread Jim Ellwanger
included some of the Beach Party movies: And I can't believe I know this off the top of my head, but...he was Jenny McCarthy's father-in-law for a time (via his adopted son John Asher, who was married to her, presumably until he realized she was completely insane). -- Jim Ellwanger train

Re: [TV orNotTV] Alex Trebek lightens up

2012-07-15 Thread Jim Ellwanger
) was complete, and taping for next season (which begins in mid-September) had not yet begun. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC considers merging local sidechannels into single network

2012-07-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
follow me.) -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe

Re: [TV orNotTV] Viacom Channels May Be Off of DirecTV at Midnight

2012-07-11 Thread Jim Ellwanger
until at least July 31. (Including Encore Family, pointed out their tweet announcing this.) -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Visual proof that Arrested D. is coming back

2012-07-11 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Jul 11, 2012, at 11:50 AM, Kevin M. wrote: Part of me is still worried this is the most elaborately staged practical joke ever, and on the supposed day of the show's debut, someone will step forward and say Gotcha! Better yet, And THAT'S why you always leave a note! -- Jim Ellwanger

Re: [TV orNotTV] Kabletown Getting Out of AE

2012-07-10 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Rochester? Greensboro gets NBC from Wilkes-Barre? -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL moves back start time for afternoon games part of televised doubleheaders to 4:25 p.m.

2012-07-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
be fewer instances of late games that have commercial-free first quarters and commercial-packed second quarters. -- 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

Re: DVR notice - Re: [TV orNotTV] Another power outage in SCG-land

2012-06-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
was joined in progress. -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com

Re: DVR notice - Re: [TV orNotTV] Another power outage in SCG-land

2012-06-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, but I do have recordings of both (if I recall correctly, thanks to a VCR Alert on a previous incarnation of this very list). If only there were some way to rectify their YouTube absences... -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV

Re: DVR notice - Re: [TV orNotTV] Another power outage in SCG-land

2012-06-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Jun 29, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Kevin M. wrote: Quick question for the TV historians out there: What month and year did Conan bring Late Night to Los Angeles? November 1999. (Specifically, November 9-12.) http://www.flickr.com/photos/trainman/7206095282/ -- Jim Ellwanger train

Re: DVR notice - Re: [TV orNotTV] Another power outage in SCG-land

2012-06-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Jun 29, 2012, at 3:22 PM, Jim Ellwanger wrote: If only there were some way to rectify their YouTube absences... October 10, 1996: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21ZMxFW7Sk4 October 11, 1996: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA9Pp7O8L90 -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

Re: [TV orNotTV] NoTV: Click and Clack Close Up the Garage

2012-06-09 Thread Jim Ellwanger
there are a lot of people out there with only 50,000 miles on their 1994 car... -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Was it too much to expect that Miss USA have an unscripted ending? Probably yes...

2012-06-06 Thread Jim Ellwanger
to prove that they're actually from the state they claim to represent. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Today's braintrust question...

2012-06-05 Thread Jim Ellwanger
jingle, but it doesn't appear to be available. -- 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 tvornottv

Re: [TV orNotTV] Shades of Monty Python

2012-06-03 Thread Jim Ellwanger
and Carsten Voight. Perhaps Adolf is making a comeback after the failure of Heil Honey, I'm Home. I don't like the sound of these here boncentration bamps. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message

Re: [TV orNotTV] On Today's (Thursday 5/31) Final Jeopardy

2012-06-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
the is or are to his responses -- which still counts, but at the risk of Alex making fun of it. (They're also sometimes tipped off to be very specific, which is usually code for you need to write a first and last name.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Question for the braintrust...

2012-06-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Jun 1, 2012, at 3:50 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: I assume Weird Al recorded this before iTunes. No, it's from his 2006 album Straight Outta Lynwood -- the iTunes store has been around since 2003. Hard to believe Al can sing with his tongue planted so firmly in his cheek, isn't it? -- Jim

Re: [TV orNotTV] On Today's (Thursday 5/31) Final Jeopardy

2012-05-31 Thread Jim Ellwanger
she'll be invited back. -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com

Re: [TV orNotTV] Dan Harmon has been expelled from Community.

2012-05-19 Thread Jim Ellwanger
sweatshirts given out to the staff this season have #sixseasonsandamovie printed down one of the arms -- and that hashtag also appeared on-screen briefly at the end of the season finale. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People

Re: [TV orNotTV] USA creeping toward...reality??

2012-05-17 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On May 17, 2012, at 4:42 PM, Kevin M. wrote: Bring back Duckman and reruns of Wings and The John Larroquette Show. Those were the three best things to ever appear on USA. Not to mention the afternoon game show reruns (with more variety than is currently available on GSN). -- Jim Ellwanger

Re: [TV orNotTV] Conan and Dave

2012-05-15 Thread Jim Ellwanger
that some standby tickets are still available for today's show, so presumably they are taping tonight's show this afternoon. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Conan and Dave

2012-05-15 Thread Jim Ellwanger
the standby tickets available announcement on Facebook -- and they didn't even manage to fill all the seats. (I decided to go right after sending that previous email, showed up at about 12:05, and was given a regular, not a standby, ticket.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC Schedule: 'Smash' Held to Mid-Season (Perhaps 'Loser')

2012-05-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
(and continuing into 2012-13): Amy Poehler in Parks and Recreation and Will Arnett in Up All Night. Or were you referring only to married couples both happening to be in different NEW shows on the same network in the same season? -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

Re: [TV orNotTV] Conan and Dave

2012-05-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
already been taped, since I don't think Conan does the Craig Ferguson segments-out-of-order thing. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Tomorrow Never Knows' That 'Mad Men' Paid $250K for That Song

2012-05-09 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Never Knows. Spoiler alert: he doesn't make it all the way through the song. He might have liked Eleanor Rigby better, if it didn't hit too close to home for him. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP to the swingingest Dick in Hollywood

2012-04-19 Thread Jim Ellwanger
affiliates in the South didn't carry the show during the '60s because of that. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Happy Birthday to Sydney Bristol of Alias. (Birthdays of Fictional Characters)

2012-04-17 Thread Jim Ellwanger
(the action in today's strip is often continuous from yesterday's), but it seems from this evidence that Snoopy's birthday can be pinned to sometime in August, rather than October 2nd. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You

Re: [TV orNotTV] Problems on the Community set

2012-04-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
at the wrap party. -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com

Re: [TV orNotTV] DirecTV Subscribers Could Lose Trib Stations, WGN America

2012-03-27 Thread Jim Ellwanger
have DirecTV in the first place. Of course, WPHL certainly isn't the only place on DirecTV where one can see reruns of Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men... -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

Re: [TV orNotTV] DirecTV Subscribers Could Lose Trib Stations, WGN America

2012-03-27 Thread Jim Ellwanger
noticeably more games than other MLB teams' over-the-air broadcasters. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Beach volleyball to lose some sex appeal at London Olympics

2012-03-27 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, the headline could have been altered before I saw it. I assume Bob means ...don't have to wear bikinis at Olympics could be construed as ...will be allowed to compete in the nude. Just like the Olympics of olden days! -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Mad Men fixes song gaffe

2012-03-26 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Don't Have to Say You Love Me is from 1966, The Look of Love is from 1967. Per the WABC music surveys at the tribute site musicradio77.com, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me was the #12 song on WABC during the week this episode took place. (#1 was Frank Sinatra's Strangers in the Night.) -- Jim

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Mad Men' Renewed for Season 5 Without Weiner

2012-03-26 Thread Jim Ellwanger
for the screen to be relatively uncluttered, or is it another indication of Matthew Weiner's clout? -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox Celebrates 25 Years Apr. 22

2012-03-26 Thread Jim Ellwanger
show deal -- the new incarnation started with rotating guest hosts, but they never found another Arsenio, and eventually named Ross Shafer as permanent host. Permanent until the next time they canceled The Late Show, and this time replaced it with nothing. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv

Re: [TV orNotTV] Mad Men fixes song gaffe

2012-03-25 Thread Jim Ellwanger
anachronism was in the pilot, in which Don gets off the train at the Ossining station -- with a modern-day MTA/Metro-North-style Ossining sign prominently displayed. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi-noTV: Gallagher to retire from comedy

2012-03-24 Thread Jim Ellwanger
(at least, in a non-sports capacity). So I'm obviously hoping for Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23 to rocket Dreama Walker, another alum, to stardom. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message

Re: [TV orNotTV] TV Phone History [Was: Sitcoms introduced to whole new generation]

2012-03-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, and if there's no reason to have a character walking around their home with a phone, then they might as well just use a corded model. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] TV Phone History [Was: Sitcoms introduced to whole new generation]

2012-03-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
the Down and Out review probably is talking about cordless landline phones. I can't tell about the other two -- seems like it could be either one. So now we need to figure out when movie reviewers finally got their terminology straight! -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy! testing question

2012-03-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
to stay tuned to Jeopardy.com for future opportunities -- obviously, this is the future opportunity!). -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Conservative Be Crazy

2012-03-10 Thread Jim Ellwanger
there. -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from

Re: [TV orNotTV] Court: Kodak Can Take Name Off of Hollywood Highland Theater

2012-02-22 Thread Jim Ellwanger
for the theater -- it's the name of the mall where the theater is located. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Whitney Houston

2012-02-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
in 1991 to use as a tribute bumper near the end of Saturday's show. I was in fact a little bit surprised to see Lester Holt with a brief NBC News special report during one of the SNL commercial breaks, since it wasn't exactly breaking news at that point. (Especially on the West Coast feed!) -- Jim

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Whitney Houston

2012-02-12 Thread Jim Ellwanger
16, episode 14 - second hosting gig by Alex Baldwin). As far as I can tell, if it's not included in the Netflix version of the episode, it won't be on Hulu, either (whether as a clip or as part of the Hulu Plus full episode). -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

Re: [TV orNotTV] Kodak can no longer afford to keep its name on the building.

2012-02-10 Thread Jim Ellwanger
picturing a tie-in commercial where a guy in the Theater Irrigation Room turns on sprinklers in order to cut the acceptance speeches short. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you

Re: [TV orNotTV] As for 'Sherlock'...

2012-01-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
reason for the absence of an outcry is that it would have happened gradually -- I remember that Days of Our Lives lost about a minute during the years I was regularly closed-captioning it (1999 to 2005), which took it from about 39:30 to 38:30. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

Re: [TV orNotTV] Dylan Performing on Tomorrow's Critics Choice Award

2012-01-11 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Jan 11, 2012, at 7:01 PM, Kevin M. wrote: Show is taking place two blocks from my school... gonna cause a traffic nightmare on Sunset Blvd. Yes, but really, days ending in Y cause traffic nightmares on Sunset Blvd. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: LAX or PSP trip April 2012

2012-01-08 Thread Jim Ellwanger
me for lunch (although it might not be particularly exciting for your son). -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC Exec: 'We Had a Really Bad Fall' (No Kidding)

2012-01-06 Thread Jim Ellwanger
We had a really bad fall? Follow up with something about all Comcast's horses and all Comcast's men not being able to put NBC together again. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you

Re: [TV orNotTV] NYT: Sports tax is about $100/year

2011-12-17 Thread Jim Ellwanger
somewhat of an oddity here in that I feel that I watch enough of both sports and non-sports programming that it makes my DirecTV subscription perfectly worthwhile. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv/ -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

Re: [TV orNotTV] Which New York-based talk show host was serviced by a hooker in the mid 1990s?

2011-12-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, that points at Conan O'Brien. As far as I know, Conan doesn't have any sort of theater background -- his background was in writing, not in performing (which was fairly obvious during his first few years on Late Night). -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Olby's too busy, I suppose

2011-12-12 Thread Jim Ellwanger
last particularly long. http://twitter.com/#!/KeithOlbermann/status/146390724387160064 (Not his first reply, just the first one I happened to notice in my stream, since it was a retweet, not just a reply.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] New Alex Baldwin Straight Line For Kevin...

2011-12-06 Thread Jim Ellwanger
electronic devices during takeoff and landing -- not because I think electronic interference would be a problem, but because of potential distractions in the event of an emergency (not to mention injurious electronic devices flying around the cabin). -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV, mostly: The weather out west

2011-12-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
literally attached to my building -- it uses a non-penetrating roof mount, which is just sitting up there held down by several cinder blocks. However, I've had the same installation for almost four years, and it's made it through a number of high-wind events already. -- Jim Ellwanger train

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV, mostly: The weather out west

2011-12-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
commute to/from Burbank, I've had no power outages, seen no downed trees, and have had no low-flying aircraft buzzing around. But I am glad my apartment building had the trees in front severely pruned a couple months ago. (I tweeted to that effect last night and got retweeted by the LAFD.) -- Jim

Re: [TV orNotTV] new Office worker?

2011-11-17 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, as introduced in last week's episode, the temp who's replacing Pam while she's on maternity leave? -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Daily Show Interviews

2011-11-03 Thread Jim Ellwanger
having programmed their system to put 90 seconds of commercials into a 60-second hole provided by CC. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Not Even The Bugs Are Safe Anymore

2011-11-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
next, brought to you by (Verizon logo). -- 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 tvornottv

Re: Ferguson seating arrangements (was Re: [TV orNotTV] afternoon baseball game ran long?)

2011-10-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
in their viewing area would be tuned in to the Cardinals on TBS. But I don't see how it's possible -- 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

Re: Ferguson seating arrangements (was Re: [TV orNotTV] afternoon baseball game ran long?)

2011-10-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Jim Ellwanger wrote: But I don't see how it's possible Arrgh, premature sendulation. I actually do see a few things that are possible, ranging from somewhat likely (a between-innings promo for The X Factor was mistaken for an actual episode) to highly unlikely (this particular Fox affiliate

Re: [TV orNotTV] Found CoCo on the 'toob

2011-10-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
anniversary show). -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com

Re: [TV orNotTV] afternoon baseball game ran long?

2011-10-12 Thread Jim Ellwanger
programming department. -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com

Re: [TV orNotTV] afternoon baseball game ran long?

2011-10-12 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, there you go. -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: TV or not TV at Roscoe's

2011-10-10 Thread Jim Ellwanger
things thrown at me. -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com

Re: [TV orNotTV] afternoon baseball game ran long?

2011-10-10 Thread Jim Ellwanger
if the game had been scheduled for today all along. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Yes, that was an F-bomb... two in fact

2011-10-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, or at least cutting-and-pasting from their previous press releases. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Taking in some late night TV....liveCle

2011-10-03 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Double-Double has all the toppings I need anyway. In-N-Out also runs a few bucks cheaper than a comparable Five Guys meal; if I were going to pay Five Guys prices, I might as well go one step up to a gourmet burger place, such as the aforementioned Umami Burger. -- Jim Ellwanger train

RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: Taking in some late night TV....live

2011-09-30 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Melissa P wrote: Is it still the case that you can ride public transportation all day for $5? Yes -- the day pass had gone up to $6 and then $7 for a while, but it's now back down to $5. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Terra Nova

2011-09-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
! The scenes in Future Chicago reminded me more of the movie Soylent Green than anything else, only with traveling back in time instead of euthanasia. And an orange instead of strawberry jam. And Stephen Lang instead of Charlton Heston. Yes, I know he wasn't in the future scenes. -- Jim Ellwanger train

Re: [TV orNotTV] Roscoe's meetup in LA?

2011-09-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Sep 29, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Kevin M. wrote: Well, my birthday is on the 13th, so I doubt that would work, but dinner on Friday the 14th should work. Should work for me, too. Perhaps we should take this off-list? -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv/ -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Off topic: Best Upright Citizen's Brigade shows?

2011-09-28 Thread Jim Ellwanger
.) -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group

Re: [TV orNotTV] Taking in some late night TV....live

2011-09-28 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Sep 28, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Kevin M. wrote: Roscoe's Chicken 'N' Waffles is just a few blocks from my school. Are there enough TV Or Not TV folks in the area to plan an event? Well, I'm here, and usually happy to participate in events. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Meet the TV Tweets

2011-09-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
). -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from

[TV orNotTV] Meet the TV Tweets

2011-09-19 Thread Jim Ellwanger
me your own one-liners off-list. -- 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 tvornottv

Re: [TV orNotTV] random Emmy question...

2011-09-18 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, the Shrine, the Pasadena Civic, and the Shubert: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Primetime_Emmy_Awards_ceremonies -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Now can we use the Wilson-Esquivel jingle again?

2011-09-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
of the message. Surely someone, in an anonymous comment somewhere online, has called them Commiecast because they own MSNBC. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Now can we use the Wilson-Esquivel jingle again?

2011-09-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Sep 13, 2011, at 7:40 PM, Jim Ellwanger wrote: It's not even available on DirecTV anymore, given that changed the name to Audience Network... Aargh: should read ...given that THEY changed the name... -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Johnny Dave

2011-09-10 Thread Jim Ellwanger
prime-time specials that should be added to the total as well? -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Amazon.com (Downloadable) Deal of the Day (Sept 9).Select Seasons of Various Shows under $12 at Instant.

2011-09-09 Thread Jim Ellwanger
instantly is compatible with Macs. Download is not. So they do work on Macs, just not (presumably) in the manner Kevin was expecting. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you

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