Re: [TV orNotTV] Top Gear: 'Murca

2017-08-01 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 8:12 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > My recollection about TGA is the same - a Top Gear placeholder tag. > That was the norm in later seasons; in earlier ones it was a mix. I just don't understand why the need to blur them... it

Re: [TV orNotTV] Top Gear: 'Murca

2017-08-01 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 7:47 PM, M-D November wrote: > FWIW, I attempted to sample TGA tonight. Got bored and deleted it after 2 > segments. > I was glad they had in-studio segments again, though they still lack The News/Conversation Street to develop the chemistry between

Re: [TV orNotTV] Top Gear: 'Murca

2017-08-01 Thread 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
My recollection about TGA is the same - a Top Gear placeholder tag. While I can't find definitive proof, there seems to be a general understanding that blurring out of plates/tags is done out of concerns over privacy.  But according to this piece on Jalopnik -

[TV orNotTV] Top Gear: 'Murca

2017-08-01 Thread M-D November
FWIW, I attempted to sample TGA tonight. Got bored and deleted it after 2 segments. -- -- 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

[TV orNotTV] Lawsuit details FOX news fake news story

2017-08-01 Thread Steve Timko
Detailed allegations about how a Trump supporter created a fake news story about the Seth Rich murder to divert attention from Trump's Russia problem. http://www.npr.org/2017/08/01/540783715/lawsuit-alleges-fox-news-and-trump-supporter-created-fake-news-story ⁣Not sent from an iPhone.​ -- --

[TV orNotTV] Top Gear: 'Murca

2017-08-01 Thread M-D November
My recollection was that the Adam/Tanner/Rut version of TG would swap the plates for a TG-branded placeholder unless they were on the open road. As for why the plates are blurred out...no clue. Is there a big market for fake/doctored license plates? Maybe the producers/manufacturers don't want

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Report: Megyn Kelly's first NBC interview will be the Kardashians

2017-08-01 Thread PGage
Well, I guess I am into jokes about those kinds of people. I am also into jokes about dictators who order the executions of journalists who defy them and insurance companies who profit off the terminal illnesses of children without paying for needed medical care. I don't think Jones somehow buys

RE: [TV orNotTV] "Kevin" II's hopes downgraded

2017-08-01 Thread Brad Beam
From: adam.bo...@gmail.com [mailto:adam.bo...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Adam Bowie >On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 7:29 AM, M-D November > wrote: $5 says this gets retitled before it premieres, to avoid confusion with CBS's "Kevin Can Wait". >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Report: Megyn Kelly's first NBC interview will be the Kardashians

2017-08-01 Thread Kevin M.
Well, I watched Oliver's segment. I guess if you're into joking about people who accuse the parents of murdered children of being actors, then -- sure -- this is a hoot. I am glad Oliver didn't interview Jones, but Jones is the sort of narcissist who gets off on any mention of himself, and Oliver