Re: [TV orNotTV] WSJ: Behind the Warner Bros. Lot

2011-09-02 Thread Jim Ellwanger
it was a group of 8), on which we did get to see some interesting behind-the-scenes goings-on -- no celebrities, though, although it happened to be summer hiatus for most everything. I'm not entirely sure it would be worth $49 -- I think it was half that back then. -- Jim Ellwanger train

Re: [TV orNotTV] Ad Age says what we've all said...

2011-08-09 Thread Jim Ellwanger
titles. Get ready for that hot new film franchise, Aaron, an Aardvark! -- 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] TiVO Question

2011-08-06 Thread Jim Ellwanger
for your wallet, but the TiVo experience is much, much better than using a VCR. -- 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] Let's go with 'To Catch A Thief' for $800

2011-07-28 Thread Jim Ellwanger
-corrections-lectern-vs-podium -- 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] NBC News Launches Archive Site

2011-07-23 Thread Jim Ellwanger
from the Vanderbilt University TV news archives. Vanderbilt had black-and-white videotape machines in the '70s, which they used to record the network newscasts. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv/ -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi-TV: Carmageddon threatens LA

2011-07-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
the freeway. So the closure forces the use of other freeways instead. I do agree with Kevin that I don't think traffic will be as bad as predicted. (But I'm still not planning on leaving my apartment between the time I get home from work on Friday and the time I leave for work on Monday.) -- Jim

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi-TV: Carmageddon threatens LA

2011-07-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Anyone still paying attention to this thread will probably be interested in this old post from my moribund blog: http://www.ellwanger.tv/blog/2006/08/freeways-of-50-years-ago.html It's a few scans from a 1956 brochure on the L.A. freeway system. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Netflix Too Good To Be True

2011-07-12 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, Netflix totally redoes its pricing, fer sure. -- 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] Netflix 100 Problem

2011-07-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
be surprised to see one in the future that eliminates the 100-episode limit, given that it's apparently been figured out for Vizio Blu-ray players. Now all we need is Season 4 of The Twilight Zone (the hour-long episodes), which is missing. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC loses Wimbledon rights to ESPN

2011-07-03 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Jul 3, 2011, at 10:06 PM, Joe Ryan wrote: You don't have to have cable for ESPN 3. Your ISP needs to provide it. Unless your ISP is Time Warner (or Bright House), which provides ESPN 3 only for their cable TV customers. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

Re: [TV orNotTV] Goolu? Yahulu?

2011-07-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
that rumor a few weeks ago.) -- 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] taking the daily off

2011-06-18 Thread Jim Ellwanger
to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- 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] taking the daily off

2011-06-18 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Jun 18, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Jim Ellwanger wrote: Colbert gave the commencement address at my (and his) alma mater on Friday: http://gawker.com/5813202/watch-stephen-colberts-hilarious-northwestern-commencement-speech Oops, already posted by PGage. Note to self: make sure to check all TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jon Stewart Suffers Weiner Related Injury

2011-06-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
First Colbert's broken wrist a couple years ago, and now this! Sent from my iPhone On Jun 7, 2011, at 7:32 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Sort of. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110608/ap_en_ot/us_tv_stewart_weiner -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: How Katie Got to ABC

2011-06-06 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Can't do a lot of research while I'm taking Amtrak through Oregon, but I seem to recall the ABC OOs having J! and WoF through 2012-13. My guess is a time slot downgrade for J! on WLS for that year. After Nightline, maybe? (Or are they moving Jimmy Kimmel to his rightful spot once the Oprah

Re: [TV orNotTV] Simpsons Questions

2011-05-23 Thread Jim Ellwanger
that Fox has shortened the show length a bit over the years (to add more commercials), which they've mentioned on DVD commentaries. I would actually not be surprised if, in reruns, the interactive announcement at the end is essentially replaced by a longer version of the opening titles. -- Jim

Re: [TV orNotTV] Simpsons Questions

2011-05-23 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On May 23, 2011, at 6:27 AM, Jim Ellwanger wrote: No, there have been a number of episodes over the years that began with literally only the The Simpsons title, then straight into the episode. Actually, I take it back -- this may well have been the first episode that went straight from

Re: [TV orNotTV] Andy Dick arrested

2011-05-03 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Kevin M. wrote: I caught him a few weeks back on Joe Rogan's podcast. Rogan wouldn't allow Andy Dick to know his address. He was also on Marc Maron's podcast last week, where he sounded reasonably coherent throughout. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Affected programming from May 1st primetime

2011-05-02 Thread Jim Ellwanger
know they broke in with David Gregory at 7:45 Pacific/10:45 Eastern. -- 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] 'Empire Carpet Guy' Dies at 89

2011-04-27 Thread Jim Ellwanger
of the Nestle Alpine White chocolate bar jingle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfIuST1f6HA -- 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 Gives Fallon Another Year

2011-04-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
a 30-second jump on the 11:00 news, or NBC wanting to put an extra 30 seconds of commercials into The Tonight Show. Probably a little of both. -- 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] General DVR question

2011-04-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Apr 14, 2011, at 5:30 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: Can a pre-programmed show be watched from its beginning while it is still recording... Yes, absolutely. I do this all the time. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv/ -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Netflix Zone

2011-04-08 Thread Jim Ellwanger
are relatively ancient; they predate complete full-season DVD sets becoming the norm. -- 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] Fox Serves Up Season 2 of 'Bob's Burgers'

2011-04-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
character from Archer. I assume both shows are actually dreams that the recurring convenience store clerk on Family Guy is having. -- 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] Re: En Bee Sea Younavsezel's Dickshunairy turns Sleuth into Cloo TV

2011-04-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Apr 7, 2011, at 6:31 PM, K.M. Richards wrote: Can we start a pool to guess how long it will be before they come up with their own made-up word to rename Chiller? Not to mention USA -- Youessa? -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv/ -- TV or Not TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: The Kennedys hour one

2011-04-04 Thread Jim Ellwanger
for the edited version to themselves be edited. -- 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] OT: Computer monitors and AM radio

2011-04-03 Thread Jim Ellwanger
brought a portable radio in to work to listen to a couple of baseball playoff games on a local AM station, and it worked fine as long as I kept the radio at exactly the same orientation as the monitor -- just a couple of degrees off line, and there would be too much static. -- Jim Ellwanger train

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: The Kennedys hour one

2011-04-03 Thread Jim Ellwanger
it that way or you're fired. What I would be interested to know as a former captioner is whether AMC gave them an official list of words to replace with dashes, or just gave them guidance along the lines of everything that's remotely a swear word. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

Re: [TV orNotTV] Judge Judy hospitalized after lapsing into gibberish on camera

2011-03-31 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Judy. (But won the case, despite having to be lectured.) -- 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] Re: Dame Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011)

2011-03-23 Thread Jim Ellwanger
. (In closed captioning, you will see many words in print that you may never have seen in print before. Some of them may even be spelled correctly.) -- 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] Re: Fox Sports Again Shows They Don't Care

2011-03-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
M-D November wrote: And lest we forget, FOX shows its contempt for the football-viewing public by naming the robot Cletus. I believe the official spelling is Cleatus. Get it? 'Cause football players' shoes have cleats on them? Ha ha! -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

Re: [TV orNotTV] Entertainment Weekly reviews on-line watching options

2011-03-12 Thread Jim Ellwanger
only assume is our own Jon Delfin. Spoiler alert: he's on Team Edward. -- 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] TV Receiver Question

2011-02-26 Thread Jim Ellwanger
of my regular DVD player. Just not hi-def.) Yes, Blu-ray players can output a standard-def 480i signal, same as a DVD player. Just make sure the Blu-ray player has an output that your TV can handle -- most should, but I've heard tell of some cheaper models that only have HDMI. -- Jim Ellwanger

Re: [TV orNotTV] Comcast vs DirecTV

2011-02-25 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, and they are almost impossible to get help from. I believe Comcast has a 250GB monthly bandwidth cap, so don't go too crazy downloading stuff once you have a faster connection. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You

Re: [TV orNotTV] Wondie McBeal gets its title character.

2011-02-17 Thread Jim Ellwanger
. Based on the version of the pilot script I read last week, this is absolutely the case. -- 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] JEOPARDY! Watson Day 1 Results (with spoilers)

2011-02-15 Thread Jim Ellwanger
they hire Chuck Forrest? If I recall correctly from their previous appearances, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter weren't necessarily play-each-category-through-in-order people, either, so between them and Watson's programming... -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] JEOPARDY! Watson Day 2 Results (with Spoilers)

2011-02-15 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, then that probably would have been ruled incorrect. -- 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] Re: '80s pilots on iTunes

2011-02-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
solely on USA for several more years after CBS got rid of Crimetime After Primetime. Not sure what you're thinking of from the '80s. -- 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] Take THAT, Hanna Montana! (The New Adventures of Wondie McBeal)

2011-02-12 Thread Jim Ellwanger
to be more scenes of people watching press conferences and Congressional hearings on TV than actual action scenes. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC discovers the Internet (video)

2011-02-04 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] TV series with a time travel theme?

2011-01-16 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Jan 16, 2011, at 10:16 AM, Steve Timko wrote: Other than Voyagers!, Doctor Who, Quantum Leap and the occasional Star Trek episode, what other TV series used time travel? Journeyman comes to mind. As well as several Twilight Zone episodes, but that probably goes without saying. -- Jim

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: I'm coming home.

2011-01-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
within their power to improve their captioning.) The third-best place to complain about it is to the FCC. The fourth-best place to complain about it is to your Congressional representatives. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: OT: I'm coming home.

2011-01-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
. If the dialogue is subtitled but the songs aren't, that means they're using foreign language subtitling procedures instead of SDH procedures (subtitling for the deaf and hearing-impaired). -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: OT: I'm coming home.

2011-01-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Jan 7, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Diner wrote: On Jan 7, 5:28 pm, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv wrote: If the dialogue is subtitled but the songs aren't, that means they're using foreign language subtitling procedures instead of SDH procedures (subtitling for the deaf and hearing-impaired

Re: [TV orNotTV] Join us again after the holiday...

2010-12-24 Thread Jim Ellwanger
publishing on December 25 a pretty pointless endeavor is that street sales make up a much larger percentage of newspaper sales in the U.K. than in the U.S.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message

Re: [TV orNotTV] Conan airing at the same time nationwide?

2010-12-22 Thread Jim Ellwanger
DirecTV or Dish Network. (You can usually tell during the commercial breaks on TBS or other cable networks -- you'll tend to see house ads for DirecTV or Dish during the time set aside for cable companies to insert local ads.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

RE: [TV orNotTV] Local news having to report on the competition

2010-12-22 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Terry Knab wrote: Buffalo *had* an OO when WKBW was owned by ABC/Cap Cities, but they unloaded it with Detroit. Wimpy Kiddie Baby Whiners! -- 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] Conan airing at the same time nationwide?

2010-12-22 Thread Jim Ellwanger
recording on my DVR is Conan and a network prime-time show during the 8:00 hour, and then The Daily Show/The Colbert Report when they rerun at 10:30/11:00.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Comedy Central's New Logo: It's Copyright!

2010-12-11 Thread Jim Ellwanger
remember the Comedy Channel very well -- original home of MST3K, among others. (My local cable system added the Comedy Channel in 1990, a few months after it debuted, and never had HA!.) Only similarity I notice in the logos is that they're both based on a C. -- Jim Ellwanger train

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Stern's Staying at Sirius XM

2010-12-09 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Steve Timko wrote: I'm not surprised that he resigned. Friendly copy-editing note: Urban Meyer resigned. Howard Stern re-signed. -- 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] OT: Kevin Smith now Too late to fly

2010-12-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
right on our planned flight path and is served by Continental anyway, so they could make the fuel and maintenance arrangements relatively easily; the only airport VA serves anywhere in flyover country is Dallas-Ft. Worth.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'The Best Idea I Ever Had'

2010-12-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
it's now available on DVD), but the Vince Guaraldi soundtrack was released in 1964, and the animated sequences served as a good pitch to get A Charlie Brown Christmas made in 1965. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: Kevin Smith now Too late to fly

2010-12-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
example of why you shouldn't put the prescription medication you're going to need to take in X hours in your checked luggage, even when you think you're going to be home in X-2 hours and have another supply of the medication there. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Apparently the puppets are mad at Arthur too...

2010-11-25 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Nov 25, 2010, at 3:30 PM, David Bruggeman wrote: And The Daily Show is broadcast internationally as a compilation of the week's shows. Some countries (including Australia) get both the regular daily version of the show and the weekly Global Edition. -- Jim Ellwanger train

Re: [TV orNotTV] Netflix Price Increase

2010-11-22 Thread Jim Ellwanger
players to video game consoles. -- 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] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

2010-11-10 Thread Jim Ellwanger
even be described as moving down 43rd Street, across Manhattan Island. But unless they're on one of the avenues, or moving diagonally from one side of the street to another, cars don't move across 43rd Street. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

2010-11-10 Thread Jim Ellwanger
donz5 wrote: There's a reason Manhattan buses that travel east-west are called crosstown buses. Yes, because (for example) the M42 crosses TOWN. It doesn't cross 42nd Street. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NoCal viewers, prepare...

2010-11-03 Thread Jim Ellwanger
nightmarish than leaving any other sporting event via train, even ATT Park -- although admittedly, the variety of rail options available there (Muni Metro, Caltrain, or walking up to BART) spreads out the crowd a bit more than at Wrigley Field. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

Re: [TV orNotTV] Canadians replace one exclamation point network with another...

2010-11-02 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Nov 2, 2010, at 1:38 AM, Kevin M. wrote: ... as CTV's Star! will rebrand itself E! Canada so those in the Great White North can keep up with the Kardashians. Not Eh! Canada? -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People

Re: [TV orNotTV] Glory Daze?

2010-11-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
the '80s.) -- 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] NoCal viewers, prepare...

2010-11-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
) that the World Series MVP turned out to be the not-so-young Edgar Renteria. -- 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] Re: No Fox stations in New York?

2010-10-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
that happen before. We know from Charmed that San Francisco is a hotbed of supernatural activity. Clearly, someone's magic powers kept that ball in the park. (Actually, per Twitter, Rose McGowan was at the game. So there you go.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

Re: [TV orNotTV] EVERY SINGLE Conan Promo

2010-10-11 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Irascible Guy and His Vineyard-Related Complaint About Other Investment Firms' Commercials. -- 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] Re: Glory Daze?

2010-10-08 Thread Jim Ellwanger
episode. -- 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: New Conan O’Brien TBS Spots

2010-09-28 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Sep 28, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Ron Casalotti wrote: And, even more helpful, the link: http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/all-9-new-conan-obrien-tbs-spots Or just watch TBS's baseball playoff coverage starting next week. Surely the promos will be shown incessantly. -- Jim Ellwanger train

Re: [TV orNotTV] Drew Carey's dramatic weight loss

2010-09-24 Thread Jim Ellwanger
. Highlights magazine is still being published. 2. Howard Huge is no longer a regular feature in Parade. So you see why I'm on a TV-related mailing list, but no reading-related mailing lists. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: TV Commercials: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

2010-09-23 Thread Jim Ellwanger
trip to London in September 2006. It reminds me of Michel Gondry's video for Gary Jules's cover of Mad World: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4 -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Time Warner Cable isn't done yet

2010-09-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, ESPN Classic went to the Sports Pack). -- 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] Re: ESPN is s**t lucky

2010-09-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
that started before 4pm local time. There have been Division Series games that started at 1:00 P.M. Eastern and at 3:00 P.M. Eastern in recent years. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: TV Commercials: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

2010-09-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
channels with the same mission -- the Red Zone Channel is produced by DirecTV and is available exclusively as part of their NFL Sunday Ticket package; separately, NFL Network produces NFL RedZone, which is available on Dish Network and through various cable operators. -- Jim Ellwanger train

Re: [TV orNotTV] Erin Gray Is In A Dog Treat Commercial

2010-09-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
didn't talk to her because I don't particularly care about autographs, and I couldn't think of anything to say beyond even at the age of 5, I thought you were hot on 'Buck Rogers,' which I figured would sound too creepy. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Stargazer Jack Horkheimer

2010-08-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Hustler, although I understand why they changed the title. -- 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] For fans of closed captioning...

2010-08-04 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Disney vs Time-Warner Part II

2010-07-28 Thread Jim Ellwanger
or otherwise: Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!, for example. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NBC says The Office will continue without Carell

2010-07-27 Thread Jim Ellwanger
already. http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/340906/july-07-2010/the-carell-corral -- 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] Having a laugh...

2010-07-12 Thread Jim Ellwanger
about various TV shows -- most of them current shows, especially in recent years -- but without much of a convention aspect to it. (Haven't seen anyone dressed up in anything beyond a T-shirt, there's only one panel per day, and there aren't any booths selling memorabilia, etc.) -- Jim Ellwanger

Re: [TV orNotTV] The story of TPIR's perfect bid

2010-07-12 Thread Jim Ellwanger
tuned for more pricing games and the fabulous Showcases, which are coming up in the second half of 'The Price Is Right.' Not the Showcase Showdown, since there are two in each show, and they've already had one at that point. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] The story of TPIR's perfect bid

2010-07-12 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Jul 12, 2010, at 9:20 PM, Kevin M. wrote: Forgive me. My mind is on other things. So I see (on Facebook, assuming that's what you're referring to). Good luck. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: This is NPR, But This is Not National Public Radio

2010-07-08 Thread Jim Ellwanger
been doing the shortened-name IDs on Car Talk for the past few months. Still sounds weird, since I keep expecting three more words to follow ...this is NPR. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Cynopsis 06/23/10

2010-06-23 Thread Jim Ellwanger
in countries other than the U.S. want to broadcast Hot in Cleveland, they have to purchase the rights from Endemol Worldwide Distribution. They can do so beginning at the MIPCOM 2010 conference (MIPCOM is a big yearly trade show for international TV networks and other media-related businesses). -- Jim

Re: [TV orNotTV] CNN breaks with AP

2010-06-22 Thread Jim Ellwanger
(that is, they're not solely providing links to AP stories being carried by other sites). -- 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] CNN breaks with AP

2010-06-22 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] Classic commercials?

2010-06-03 Thread Jim Ellwanger
students have heard of it): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsxW06anUPo -- 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: Homer tops survey of best film, TV characters

2010-06-02 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Dave Sikula wrote: As I went through this issue, I realized they were just picking characters out of their collective asses. It surprises you that this list is the same as every other Entertainment Weekly list of the X best Y? -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

Re: [TV orNotTV] Shatner s__tstorm

2010-05-26 Thread Jim Ellwanger
(newspapers in particular), so I would not be surprised to see both services render the show as ...My Dad Says. They've done that for actual profanity in show titles before, best example being the show they called Penn Teller: Bull...! -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: The most awesomest logo in Google history...

2010-05-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
with the logo the way Google does with theirs. (Heck, it was a huge production when it changed from red to purple not too long ago.) -- 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] Fritz Coleman now does San Diego weather, too

2010-05-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
length: you have Anchor A doing an L.A. story while Anchor B does a San Diego story, then they both dip their heads, look up at the other camera, Anchor A does a San Diego story while Anchor B does an L.A. story, and so on. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: ABC's Fall Sked

2010-05-18 Thread Jim Ellwanger
of the characters is a lesbian. -- 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] House finale running long next week

2010-05-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
appearing as part of both recordings. -- 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] Re: dish may disable DVR's

2010-05-11 Thread Jim Ellwanger
of a price premium -- I'd probably only switch if the surcharge were less than $5/month. -- 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] Re: Anyone watch Yankees/Red Sox on Fox?

2010-05-10 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, Vin makes the call on the radio for innings 1-3, then Charley and Rick take over for the middle innings, and then Vin returns for innings 7 on. -- 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] dish may disable DVR's

2010-05-10 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On May 10, 2010, at 10:06 PM, jeffrey marousek wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100510/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_dish_network Sorry Charlie... That sound you heard was the entire DirecTV executive team saying, Oh, please, oh, please, oh, please, oh, please... -- Jim Ellwanger train

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: So Fox?

2010-05-04 Thread Jim Ellwanger
that the network has a history. The nod to history with the More Colorful campaign is that they're running a the following programs are brought to you in living color announcement at the beginning of prime time. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Why no Andy in the Celebrity Jeopardy! finals

2010-04-30 Thread Jim Ellwanger
able to appear -- the L.A. tour dates were Saturday the 24th and Sunday the 25th. -- 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] Re: Extremists target South Park again

2010-04-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
canned for terms of use violation. And I note that they did bleep all uses of the name Muhammad on tonight's episode of South Park. Of course, with South Park, it's always a little hard to tell whether the bleeps were the work of Comedy Central, or of the producers. -- Jim Ellwanger train

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: FOX disowns 'Sons of Tucson'

2010-04-06 Thread Jim Ellwanger
--either WB/CW or the WB/the CW). Just a note that this is basically the same discussion we had here a while ago when I complained about the [adult swim] construct. Although in that case, the press releases have it as Adult Swim: http://bit.ly/cOvVeT (actual link is very long) -- Jim Ellwanger

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: okay, this one is just mean

2010-04-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
their current radius anytime soon because of the difficulties of shipping ingredients and keeping up the quality level. -- 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] Re: The answer is Dave/Dake

2010-03-19 Thread Jim Ellwanger
did the first five times, I think the absolute soonest I'd show up questioning answers on TV is September. -- 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] TiVo/HD question

2010-03-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
) merely by using the cable box's composite (RCA) outputs into the TiVo. It worked just as well as with an SD cable box. (For watching HD, he also had an HDMI connection from the cable box directly to the TV.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] TiVo/HD question

2010-03-12 Thread Jim Ellwanger
from your cable company is a couple of magical CableCards). -- 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

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