[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-02 Thread Bob in Jersey
Jim Ellwanger, to Brad Beam: I wonder if that re-appearance during the second half counts as: (1)A network ad (2)A full-cost Pepsi ad (3)A discount-rate Pepsi ad Bob guesses #1, with product placement. I was watching the Super Bowl at the home of friends who are still on SD. The

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-02 Thread K.M. Richards
I wonder if DirecTV doesn't decide itself but instead runs whatever version the local station wants. Here in L.A. (one of the mostly OO markets), almost all the local stations are running cropped, but the noticeable exception is the primary PBS station, KCET, which runs letterboxed on the SD

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-02 Thread PGage
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Jim Ellwanger, to Brad Beam: I wonder if that re-appearance during the second half counts as: (1)A network ad (2)A full-cost Pepsi ad (3)A discount-rate Pepsi ad Bob guesses #1, with product placement. If I

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-02 Thread Thomas Allen Heald
They really made it very funny and obvious, so I don't think there was any confusion, said Silverman. Everything is ongoing experimentation, but the reality is we need to evolve and do more and more things. Added Silverman: It's not just an ad for Pepsi, it's an ad for `Saturday Night Live.'

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread Thomas Allen Heald
David Bruggeman wrote: Early signs indicate Kevin was uncharacteristically optimistic. David You didn't like the Shakespearean twist to Laser cats 4-Ever? Can someone remind me of the original artist of the Hawaiian / ukulele version of Over the Rainbow that Jason Mraz' I'm Yours is

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread Ed Dravecky
Thomas Allen Heald toma...@peoplepc.com wrote: Can someone remind me of the original artist of the Hawaiian / ukulele version of Over the Rainbow that Jason Mraz' I'm Yours is weirdly based on? Those I've asked so far immediately seem to think Don Ho, but I'd assume that would be charting

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread PGage
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:38 PM, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote: Early signs indicate Kevin was uncharacteristically optimistic. And it just got worse as it went on. Martin puts more (much more) energy and effort into a guest shot on Dave than he did into last night's SNL. I think we

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread David Bruggeman
They pulled the same unfunny crap with the blind governor a few weeks ago. But I found that less annoying than the 3,456th iteration of Kirsten Wiig thinking that being annoying is funny. I will at least give Martin's album a listen. I do hope he performs music Monday night on Late Show.

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread PGage
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 11:38 AM, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote: They pulled the same unfunny crap with the blind governor a few weeks ago. But I found that less annoying than the 3,456th iteration of Kirsten Wiig thinking that being annoying is funny. I will at least give Martin's

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Feb 1, 2009, at 9:54 AM, PGage wrote: I think we have t conclude that he is embarrassed about PP2 and embarrassed to be using his friends and connections to SNL to pimp it (I don't think he even mentioned the name of the film). Just for the record, he did mention the name, at the very

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread Michael
Other than the pre-recorded Chewable Pampers and ESPN Classic bits (both of which made me laugh, and merited a replay) and Abby Elliott's dead-on (and hot) Angelina Jolie impression, it was one tired, lackluster effort - especially considering that Martin has shined on SNL in the past. I did like

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread PGage
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv wrote: Just for the record, he did mention the name, at the very end of his monologue -- and then the very first commercial was for said film, followed by the first of the Pepsi commercials based on the MacGruder sketches

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread dsikula
On Feb 1, 1:39 pm, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv wrote: On Feb 1, 2009, at 9:54 AM, PGage wrote: I think we have t conclude that he is embarrassed about PP2 and   embarrassed to be using his friends and connections to SNL to pimp   it (I don't think he even mentioned the name of the

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread Brad Beam
- Original Message - From: dsik...@yahoo.com But the downside (for me, anyway) is that MacGruder is generally awful, and once I saw how bad the Pepsi commercials were, I FFed through those, too. I wonder if that re-appearance during the second half counts as: (1)A network ad (2)A

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Feb 1, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Brad Beam wrote: I wonder if that re-appearance during the second half counts as: (1)A network ad (2)A full-cost Pepsi ad (3)A discount-rate Pepsi ad I was watching the Super Bowl at the home of friends who are still on SD. The graphics were cut off on the

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread Bradford
DirecTV does that with the local stations in my market as well. I have tried to explain to them what the problem is and they keep trying to tell me that I need to adjust the settings for DirecTV. I told them that it's already set up exactly the way they are describing and then they say that my

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread David Bruggeman
Add Washington to the list of NBC signals behaving badly. It is noticeable during SNL, but not during local news or syndicated programming. Can't say it's come up during other programs, as I've not watched much of the peacock lately. I have DirecTV, so it sounds like I'm screwed. David

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-01-31 Thread David Bruggeman
Early signs indicate Kevin was uncharacteristically optimistic. David From: Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com While Tom is away auditioning for the lead role in the new House reality series, I feel obligated to commend this week's Saturday Night Live to your attention. Four words: Guest host

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-01-30 Thread Thomas Heald, Esquire
Kevin M. wrote: While Tom is away auditioning for the lead role in the new House reality series, I feel obligated to commend this week's Saturday Night Live to your attention. Four words: Guest host Steve Martin. Fromoting Punk Panser Doo

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-01-30 Thread Michael
Yeah. Doo is right. I generally love Martin, and the musical Not Gonna Phone It in Tonight cold open is one of the greatest single sketches in SNL history. But he's promoting that horrific hack-work Pink Panther 2, so I'm werry, werry wary. (The corpse of Peter Sellers is blushing with

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-01-30 Thread Thomas Allen Heald
Michael wrote: Yeah. Doo is right. I generally love Martin, and the musical Not Gonna Phone It in Tonight cold open is one of the greatest single sketches in SNL history. But he's promoting that horrific hack-work Pink Panther 2, so I'm werry, werry wary. (The corpse of Peter Sellers is