Re: [TV orNotTV] Dr. Ben Song never returned home.

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The bigger problem for me (beyond the lack of chemistry of any of the 
players) was the combination of terrible writing and worse acting. The 
writing staff apparently didn't believe in either subtext or subtlety, 
driving home every character beat by having someone say the equivalent of 
"You know something about you? You're (fill in the perfectly obvious 
trait). I found Raymond Lee, Nanrisa Lee, and Ernie Hudson to be okay, but 
Caitlin Bassett and Mason Alexander Park were working at the level of 
mediocre high-school thespians.

Somehow, the original staff told us everything we needed to know about Sam 
and Al without driving it home with a sledgehammer, which was something the 
new people never figured out.

I won't miss it, though I do wish they'd have brought Sam back. (I guess 
Bakula was too smart to get mixed up with this one.)

--Dave Sikula


On Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 6:34:03 PM UTC-7 Kevin M. wrote:

I bought a Quantum Leap prequel novel at a used bookstore this week. It was 
an easy read. It was written before the fourth season when they really dive 
into Sam’s backstory, so there were inconsistencies. But the book did 
capture the chemistry between Sam and Al, and that chemistry is what made 
the series work. The reboot lacked any chemistry, which meant it had to 
rely on story, but at its core Quantum Leap was an anthology series set in 
different places and times populated by different characters, and that has 
always been a tough sell.

Kevin M. (RPCV)

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: A Gentleman In Moscow

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I enjoyed the first part enough to go back for Part Two, but it suffers 
from something that irritates the beejeezus out of me in almost anything 
set in a non-English speaking country: everyone speaks perfect vernacular 
English, but all the printed matter is in the local language (in this case, 
Cyrillic Russian). It's like they're saying, "We can read and write 
Russian, we just can't speak it." (Although I am reminded of someone 
complaining about a production of Chekhov because the actors didn't speak 
in Russian accents, like Boris and Natasha).

--Dave Sikula
On Friday, April 5, 2024 at 2:38:20 PM UTC-7 Kevin M. wrote:

> Set in Soviet Russia, but everybody is incredibly British. 
>
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Felicity Huffman resurfaces

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Lori Laughlin had a previous engagement with Larry David.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, April 1, 2024 at 6:10:34 PM UTC-7 Kevin M. wrote:

> Because every other actress in LA was unavailable?!
>
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 3:54 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
> tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>> Her punishment for the college-admissions scandal complete, she'll guest 
>> star on Paramount+'s *Criminal Minds: Evolution* next season as a 
>> "brilliant biological psychiatrist" who's the widow of original 
>> investigator Jason Gideon...
>>
>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/felicity-huffman-criminal-minds-scandal-1235863955/
>>  (link)
>>
>> B
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[TV orNotTV] Re: 'SNL' Origin Story Movie May Be Coming

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Is it just my deliberate avoidance of Flavors of the Month, or is the 
"stacked" cast in the linked article anything -but- "stacked?" Other than 
Simmons and Wolfhard (whose name I had to look up), has anyone head of any 
of these people?

And, yes, I will watch/see it, and yes, I will hate it.

--Dave Sikula

On Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 8:42:28 AM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

The project will be scored by already-late-night-legend Jon Batiste, who 
will also play the series' first musical guest, Billy Preston (he might 
need... *ahem*... augmentation...)... a recap of other cast is further down 
the page...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/snl-1975-jon-batiste-score-billy-preston-jason-reitman-1235861871/
 (link)
B

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Ex-RNC chair sacked from NBC News

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It drives me crazy when people call MSNBC either overwhelmingly liberal or 
the equivalent of Fox. I can't think of a single liberal or moderate on 
Fox, but MSNBC is lousy with Republicans, former Republicans, and overly 
"moderate" hosts and commentators, what with the Scarboroughs, Andrea 
Mitchell, Katy Tur, Nicolle Wallace, Michael Steele, Tim Miller, and a 
dozen more. Other than the 4:00-7:00 PM slots (7:00-10:00 ET), it's hard to 
find an actual liberal on the channel. Plenty of anti-Trump voices, but few 
advocating for actual liberal policies.

--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 6:16:11 PM UTC-7 PGage wrote:

This sad episode really illustrates what is wrong with TV News. The problem 
with hiring McDaniel was not that she is a conservative voice incompatible 
with the liberal lean of the MSNBC side of the family, which is how Conde 
is spinning it. 

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: Palm Royale

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You can probably imagine, given my warm feelings for the star, that I'm all 
over this show 

--Dave Sikula

On Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 9:05:44 AM UTC-7 Kevin M. wrote:

> Watching the first episode was exhausting. So much overacting. As a woman 
> in a coma, Carol Burnett should be grateful she didn’t have to regurgitate 
> any of the predictable dialogue. 
>
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Digest for tvornottv@googlegroups.com - 15 updates in 9 topics

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As someone who was exactly the right age during the original run, I think 
the general consensus was that Emily was right up there with Laura Petrie, 
Samantha Stevens, and 99, and that Bob had married up. They were, at the 
time, one of the few sitcom couples who seemed to have a real attraction to 
each other.

--Dave Sikula

On Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 9:26:14 PM UTC-7 jbelkin wrote:

So, I just finished watching the entire run of the Bob Newhart Show - the 
1970's were before my time but I'm curious about one thing - how come the 
show doesn't seem to acknowledge that Suzanne PLeshette was gorgeous? Did 
everyone in the 1970's just feel she was not unattractive but some sort of 
run of the mill attractive? I mean, there were a couple eps where she was 
jealous about Bob's old college girlfriends who were apparently super 
attractive (one was shown but others were not), I'm thinking - in that era, 
was Pleshette considered "average" or so she was more relatable to the avg 
viewer?  - also, is there a backstory to Newhart only making cameos 
appearances in a handful of eps in season 5 and 6, was he just bored?? 
Curious what you think? Thanks.


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[TV orNotTV] Re: NBC's Paris Olympics opening ceremony coverage...

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

To see the opening ceremonies in real time on a huge screen with good sound 
and no ads, even if it is the Usual Gang of Idiots doing commentary?

Count me in.

--Dave Sikula

On Friday, March 22, 2024 at 6:29:22 AM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> ...is already promising to be an eye-popper, being staged along the Seine 
> instead of in a stadium, aand paying customers in selected IMAX 
> theaters will get their own angle of the festivities... this on top of 
> cinema chain AMC's deals with NBCU for showings of other events...
>
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/nbc-paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-coming-to-imax-live-summer-1235857771/
>  (link)
> Who goes to a movie hall to watch stuff they could find on their cable?
> B
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL Product Un-placement

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Now if they could only digitally add comedy.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, March 18, 2024 at 7:56:31 PM UTC-7 Stan S wrote:

> Digital de-branding occurred after a recent SNL sketch. 
>
> https://latenighter.com/news/chase-bank-to-snl-thanks-but-no-thanks/
>
> -Stan
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Sen. Katie Britt's State of the Union response: Discuss

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I wasn't expecting much from the inevitable SNL cold opening, and that's 
exactly what I got.

While it wasn't as bad as I figured it would be, casting ScarJo in the part 
was a major mistake. Between her usual one-note acting and utter inability 
to capture either Britt's vocal quality or cadences or bland vacuousness, 
there wasn't a lot there.

--Dave Sikua

On Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 12:59:31 PM UTC-8 Steve Timko wrote:

> I wanted to comment on Sen. Katie Britt’s response to the president’s 
> State of the Union address.
>
> I streamed her rebuttal with the sound on low. So I didn’t really hear it 
> live. But I glanced at it from time to time. My first reaction was, 
> “Putting her in a kitchen makes her look like a housewife, not a senator.”
>
> What really stopped me was her creepy smile. She is a successful 
> politician but she can’t produce a decent smile? Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis 
> has the same problem.
>
> Afterward, I heard the recap of what she said. And how she said it. The 
> Republicans have known for four years they would be giving the response to 
> the State of the Union and this is what they offer? Especially after 
> previous flubs by Bobby Jindal and Marco Rubio.
>
> It’s like someone gave her the assignment to connect with the public and 
> she proved herself incapable of doing that. It’s not that hard. Just speak 
> with genuine emotion. Not the manufactured emotion she stumbled through.
>
> We all know the cold open for tonight’s “Saturday Night Live.”
>
> There’s a lot of good rebuttals to Britt’s rebuttal, but I like this best:
>
> https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial/video/730653272698154
>
> At the risk of being a complete chauvinist, Megyn Kelly is looking totally 
> hot. I suspect there’s some digital manipulation of her image.
>
> https://youtu.be/iqxURf4EiKw?si=Q4c_Jud0ceyxu4zt
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: New Amazon quiz show to get second window at Fox

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Oswalt's presence alone will be enough to make me avoid this one like the 
plague.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, March 4, 2024 at 1:38:48 PM UTC-8 Bob Jersey wrote:

> *The 1% Club*, Patton Oswalt's first-ever hosting gig, adapting a British 
> show co-produced by BBC but airing on itv, had been ordered to series by 
> Prime Video in '23...
>
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/patton-oswalt-1-percent-club-game-show-amazon-fox-1235842137/
>  (link)
> Elsewhere on the Oswalt front, at the MPSE (film/video editors) awards, he 
> called himself out as "the a--hole that forced you to take out a second 
> mortgage on your home" during the strikes, and delivered a zinger about 
> Daddy Zaslav...
>
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/patton-oswalt-david-zaslav-coyote-vs-acme-1235842255/
>  (link)
> B
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[TV orNotTV] From the Cynopsis newsletter

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 "NBC will celebrate the 10th anniversary of 'The Tonight Show Starring 
Jimmy Fallon' with a two-hour special on May 14 at 9p. 'From "Saturday 
Night Live" to "Late Night" to "The Tonight Show," Jimmy Fallon stands as 
one of the greatest performers across NBC’s rich history,' said Mark 
Lazarus, Chairman, NBCUniversal Media Group."

My sincerest good wishes to Mr. Lazarus as he recovers from his apparent 
brain injury.

--Dave Sikula

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Colbert, Tomlinson New Shows After Big Game on CBS

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I watched both shows out of a morbid curiosity. 

I still watch Colbert even though the show is rarely funny and gotten 
really calcified. It's deteriorated into Colbert slamming Trump in the same 
ways over and over (which is, admittedly somewhat enjoyable) and saying 
"Biden is old!" It was a confusing episode, though; the monologue was new 
(lots about the game), but the Jon Stewart segment seemed like a pre-tape. 
The Krazinski panel definitely was (they admitted as much), and I couldn't 
tell whether Gosling was "live" or taped. I can't imagine it was live, but 
it would have required filling the Ed at, what, 10:00 on a Sunday night or 
a ten-minute monologue? I mean, Colbert's audience is nothing if not 
fanatic, but that?

As for "After Midnight," I had slight hopes because of the guests (though 
I'm not really a fan of Maria Bamford), but Tomlinson is still really 
unfunny on an SNL-level, mistaking yelling for being humorous. Given the 
current state of comedy, though (from my limited perspective), that's 
probably a thing for most audiences.

(Parenthetically, I'm watching Jon Stewart's return to TDS and am just 
dee-lighted to see his both-sidesing skills are as sharp as ever: "Trump is 
a direct threat to American democracy, but that Biden sometimes mixes up 
his words like he's been doing for 40 years.")

--Dave Sikula 

On Friday, January 26, 2024 at 9:12:51 AM UTC-8 Mark Jeffries wrote:

> Of course, they are following the Super Bowl, the series premiere of 
> "Tracker" and local news on Sun. Feb. 11 and CBS says that they will be 
> starting at the normal time of 11:35 p.m. ET that night, but knowing past 
> Big Games, we kinda doubt that:
>
>
> https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/super-bowl-late-night-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-after-midnight-1235886818/
>
> No guests announced for either yet.
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: Masters of the Air

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I enjoyed it enough to continue, but (as the WaPo review noted) there's a 
huge problem when half of the shots are white guys wearing masks in 
identical uniforms flying identical planes: "Which one is that?" "Who just 
got shot at?" 

In addition, Barry Keoghan (who's a good actor) gives audiences possibly 
the worst "New York" accent in the history of Brits and the Irish playing 
Americans. Guess the producers couldn't find enough American actors since 
there are just so darn few of them. (And, yes, Austin Butler's vocal coach 
should seek a new line of employment.)

--Dave Sikula

On Friday, January 26, 2024 at 9:24:56 PM UTC-8 Kevin M. wrote:

> Let’s tell a WWII drama where all the guys dress alike, then give the two 
> lead characters the same names. That won’t be pointlessly confusing at all. 
>
> What is Tom Hanks putting in his coffee? 
>
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Jon Stewart to return to "The Daily Show" as EP and part-time host through 2024 election

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I doubt anyone will be surprised to hear I'm very leery about this. On his 
Late Show appearances, he seemed to be leaning a little too hard into COVID 
conspiracies, and (for me) too much of his work on TDS was both-sidesing 
things for which there were really only one side.

I'll watch, but with a wary eye.

--Dave Sikula

On Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 9:19:17 AM UTC-8 M-D November wrote:

>
> https://www.axios.com/2024/01/24/jon-stewart-daily-show-host-return-election 
> - among other places.
>
> 勞
>
> M-D
> ...and now, your moment of Zen.
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: 'SNL' Origin Story Movie May Be Coming

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Not half as much as I'll hate that Brat Pack atrocity.

--Dave Sikula

On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 10:23:16 PM UTC-8 Mark Jeffries wrote:

> Written and directed by Jason Reitman for Sony, "SNL 1975" tells the story 
> behind-the-scenes of the weeks before the NBC late-night institution began 
> its run--Gabriel LaBelle, who played the Spielberg stand-in in "The 
> Fabelmans," is playing Lorne, with Cooper Hoffman ("Licorice Pizza") as 
> Lorne's immediate NBC boss Dick Ebersol and Rachel Sennott ("The Idol," 
> "Bottoms") as Rosie Schuster, Lorne's wife and a writer on the show--the 
> question is, who's playing the Not Ready for Prime Time Players:
>
>
> https://deadline.com/2024/01/the-fablemans-gabriel-labelle-lorne-michaels-snl-1975-cooper-hoffman-rachel-sennott-1235797505/
>
> And of course Sikula and Marousek will hate it.
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'After Midnight' Finally Premiering--POINTS!

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I watched the second episode (mainly because of Tompkins) and got to notice 
three things. One is that it didn't get much better; it really runs out of 
gas after about thirty minutes. Two is that I just don't find Tomlinson 
funny or host material. The third -- and most irritating -- is that 
everyone (especially the host) spends the episode shouting. It becomes very 
unpleasant.

Like I said, I might tune in again, but it'll be strictly depending on the 
guests.

--Dave Sikula

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: Monsieur Spade

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As always, I question yet another British actor playing yet another 
American for no good reason, but there was enough here to bring me back.

On the other hand, I found so much to dislike in the reincarnation of "True 
Detective" that I won't be back. Too many unpleasant characters, amateurish 
acting (I'm lookin' at you, Kali Reis), the horror-movie tropes, and an 
overall feel of trying too hard were all turnoffs.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, January 15, 2024 at 9:50:11 PM UTC-8 Kevin M. wrote:

> I like noir. This is not quite noir, but it’s close. If I was watching it 
> on AMC instead of iTunes I’d be frustrated by commercial breaks seemingly 
> every two minutes, often in the middle of scenes. Aside from that, it’s 
> worth taking a look at. 
>
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: 'After Midnight' Finally Premiering--POINTS!

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

Just watched "comedy superstar" Tomlinson's appearance with Colbert last 
week, and my initial impression is that she's unfunny and bland enough that 
she won't distract from the guests. 

I had expected gameplay similar to the original version ("Points!"), but 
the examples she provided Colbert indicate that Tuesday will be a one-off 
for me. The bar for success is low here, but it looked like it'll be awful 
(though still better than Byron Allen).

--Dave Sikula

On Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 2:13:10 PM UTC-8 Mark Jeffries wrote:

> The CBS reboot of "@midnight" hosted by Taylor Tomlinson finally debuts on 
> Jan. 16 (or technically Jan. 17) after Colbert at 12:37 a.m. ET--We assume 
> either the affiliates will take over at 1:07 a.m. or the Eye will keep 
> repeating "Comics Unleashed" at that time:
>
>
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/after-midnight-premiere-date-cbs-1235779286/#recipient_hashed=04cc8432e89af1614e2b95d666f830a827568c45d7e9abbbd46ed84bf99ddfc7_salt=f8f1afe78c2d990c75c3121d1fa116315cbb1eda09b65c89df333468970da653
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Your Globes Host is Jo Koy--Who?

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As I've said in other venues, any show that is relying on Farrell and Wiig 
to bring the funny is screwed to begin with.

--Dave Sikula


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Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy! UK - the Stephen Fry Edition

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This tracks with the "real" version, as it's the only section that's not 
taped in real time. Producers have to verify that the amount the contestant 
has written is the amount they intended to wager (if only to prevent 
someone from saying "Yes, I wrote down $1,000, but I meant to write 
$10,000"). In my second game, one of my opponents actually made a math 
mistake that had to be verified and corrected.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, January 8, 2024 at 10:46:52 AM UTC-8 Jim Ellwanger wrote:

> Three rounds of "Jeopardy!" in a one-hour slot is not unknown to Americans 
> - that's the format of the prime-time "Celebrity Jeopardy!" series. (In 
> that case, dollar amounts are 1x/2x/3x, although the first round values are 
> $100 to $500 - on regular "Jeopardy!", the first round values have been 
> $200 to $1,000 since 2001.)
>
> I saw the first UK episode, and to me, the very weirdest thing is that 
> there's no commercial break in the middle of the first two rounds, but 
> there IS a commercial break in the middle of the Double Jeopardy! round - 
> seems like you'd want to play the most high-stakes round all the way 
> through with no break in order to maximize tension. (And then there's no 
> commercial break between that round and Final Jeopardy!, although it was 
> pretty clear that there was an edit while the contestants formulated their 
> wagers.)
>
> On Jan 8, 2024, at 10:22 AM, Adam Bowie  wrote:
>
> ITV has been airing their new Stephen Fry-hosted episodes of Jeopardy! 
> They only placed an initial order of 20 episodes which are airing at 4pm 
> weekdays just ahead of The Chase. But the first episode did get a slightly 
> later airing on New Year's Day. But that timeslot is probably going to 
> limit their audience a bit. However, ITV's afternoons from 3-6pm are all 
> hour-long quizshow formats.
>
> I've not seen enough of the original Jeopardy! to know how it's very 
> different. To my eyes, the sets, graphics, and music are all the same. But 
> ITV has stretched episodes out to an hour. And you need to remember that UK 
> broadcasting rules prohibit stuffing as many minutes of commercial airtime 
> in our shows as the US allows. In other words, one UK commercial hour needs 
> more content than two US commercial half hours - or two episodes of 
> Jeopardy!
>
> All of this means that Fry can be a bit more relaxed, and add a few 
> interjections of his own - clarifying answers, adding details and so on. 
> And we get longish chats with contestants, which most of the 45-60 min 
> quizshows tend to include. He also has to be a tiny bit lenient about 
> contestants getting the answer format 100% right, since it's not built into 
> UK viewers DNA just yet.
>
> The hour runtime also means we get *two* rounds of Jeopardy! before we get 
> to Double Jeopardy! and then Final Jeopardy! as usual. A Radio Times puff 
> piece included this:
>
> "As Fry mentioned, participants are able to play an extra round in 
> comparison to the original format. This has been done to increase the 
> stakes for the players."
>
> But it's pretty clear that ITV wanted an hour long show, and that's the 
> sole reason for the extra round.
>
> Overall, while I like Fry, and the level of questions is high, I'm not 
> sure how well this will do. I think it needs a longer run. I can't say I'll 
> be going out of my way to watch it. Fry has also recorded six primetime 
> episodes for Australian TV, on the same UK set, but with Australian 
> contestants. 
>
>
> Adam
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Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Hutch' Dies at 80

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I just want to stick up for "Girl from the North Country." I have next to 
no interest in Dylan or his music and was floored by this one.

--Dave Sikula

On Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 8:44:45 AM UTC-8 Melissa P wrote:

> Soul was the star of what is my most unusual experience in a theater.  He 
> played Jerry Springer in *Jerry Springer the Opera* when I saw the show 
> in London.
>
> Speaking of theater, as an aside, I had both my best and worst theater 
> experiences in 2023 -- the best:  Sean Hayes in *Goodnight, Oscar* -- and 
> the worst: * A Girl from the North Country*.
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 12:21 AM Steve Timko  wrote:
>
>> Not to speak ill of the dead, but I never forgave David Soul for the 
>> Casablanca prequel on TV. He played Rick.
>> I like Bread, by the way.
>>
>> Get TypeApp for Android  
>> On Jan 5, 2024, at 7:21 PM, "Kevin M."  wrote:
>>>
>>> A few years ago I tried giving Starsky & Hutch a rewatch. As a kid I 
>>> recalled watching it; I figured the kitsch/nostalgia factor would make me 
>>> enjoy it as an adult. It did not. I think the actors did the best with what 
>>> they were given, but they weren’t given much. It wasn’t even cliche or 
>>> filled with stereotypes; it was just bad.  
>>>
>>> As for his music, fur reasons I’ve never been able to explain to myself 
>>> or others, I’ve never been able to distinguish David Soul from David Gates 
>>> (the lead singer of Bread), so I just avoid them both.  
>>>
>>> Kevin M. (RPCV) 
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 7:08 PM Mark Jeffries  
>>> wrote: 
>>>
 Even though his first success was the Western dramedy "Here Come the 
 Brides," he later starred in the 1979 Stephen King mini-series "Salem's 
 Lot" and had a good career has a pop singer ("Don't GIve Up on Us" hit 
 number one in 1976), David Soul's career will be dominated by his role as 
 the brainy police sergeant Kenneth Richard “Hutch” Hutchinson on the ABC 
 buddy cop show "Starsky and Hutch," which ran for four years in the 70s as 
 part of the Fred Silverman/Aaron Spelling hot streak at the Alphabet--Mr. 
 Soul and co-star Paul Michael Glaser recreated their roles for the 2004 
 movie with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, which played the show more for 
 laughs: 

 https://www.thewrap.com/david-soul-dies-starky-and-hutch/ 

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>>>
>>>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Young Sheldon: The Final Season

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

Haven't watched even one minute of this one, but I always wondered what 
they would do once the kid aged out of the role (hasn't his voice already 
changed?), Guess this answers the question.

--Dave Sikua

On Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 5:09:00 PM UTC-8 Bob Jersey wrote:

> S7 begins Feb 15th, and concludes with a full hour May 16th...
>
> https://deadline.com/2023/11/young-sheldon-end-season-7-cbs-canceled-series-finale-date-1235612167/
>  (link)
> (See a separate post for all of CBS' post-strike premieres)
> B
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[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL’s Baldwin Choice

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As an artistic choice, it was honestly no worse than the rest of the 
evening. I, too, am at the age where any number of the references might as 
well be in Icelandic for all the sense they make to me. I mean, I had no 
idea if the guy in the waking dream was an actual person or not 
(apparently, he is).
At this point, I don't think even a court case will be able to sort out 
what actually happened on the Rust set. Having Baldwin (who hasn't been 
convicted of anything) on the show was probably like having OJ on in the 
Ohlmeyer days. But let's remember that Lorne was also the guy who thought 
having TFG on was a good idea. 

Michaels's artistic sensibilities have been polluting American culture for 
almost fifty years now, and we'll all be much better off when he's gone.

--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 5:41:54 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote:

> I noticed this morning that there had been a new SNL last weekend, which I 
> hadn’t seen, so decided to watch it. Nothing really remarkable, except 
> further confirmation of my age. It’s not just that I don’t get most of the 
> cultural references, but I don’t even get the comedy vocabulary and grammar 
> and logic. The audience is laughing, but I can’t even decode what part of 
> what we just saw it was supposed to be the joke. I don’t mean this as a 
> criticism of the show perhaps it really was quite funny. I’m just so old 
> that I’m actually an alien in the world that SNL targets. Of course Lorne 
> Michaels is significantly older than me, so I guess kudos to him for being 
> able to keep working in that universe. 
>
> What was remarkable was at the very end of a, from what I could tell, 
> pedestrian and indecipherable Sketch, Alec Baldwin appears for an extremely 
> brief cameo.
>
> I have not been militant in my pre-judgment of Baldwin’s criminal 
> liability; perhaps he is guilty of manslaughter of some kind, though my 
> inclination is to suspect the prosecutors office of being out to nail a 
> celebrity hide to their wall. However, at best he was involved in some 
> major bad judgment, both as producer and actor that resulted in the death 
> of one and serious injury to another. Short of conviction of a serious 
> crime I don’t know that he needs to be permanently banned from television, 
> but, really? To force him into a minor and totally irrelevant sketch while 
> he’s waiting to hear if he is going to be tried for manslaughter just seems 
> like bad taste. I can see that his friends at SNL  Ishtar want to show 
> their support for him, but maybe a Twitter post would’ve sufficed. 
>
> It did seem like at least one of the members of the singing group that 
> night gave him the cold shoulder when he tried to come over and gladhand 
> her after the good nights, not sure if any of the regular cast had 
> reservations.
>
> Sent from Gmail Mobile
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Re: [TV orNotTV] WB Says 'Beep Beep' to 'Coyote v. Acme' Movie

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I'm the last one to defend Zaslov, but I found Frazier's original article 
to be strained at best, and Chuck Jones, who probably knew the characters 
better than anyone, realized that they were best seen in seven-minute 
doses, and rarely at that. An hour and a half of it would probably outstay 
its welcome.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, November 13, 2023 at 11:13:31 AM UTC-8 PGage wrote:

Add to that Wall Street now seems to mostly care about debt reduction, and 
rewards studios and streamers immediately with a bump in their stock price 
when any significant debt reduction is announced. So Zaz pays down his 
enormous debt load and gets a stock bump in basically real time. 

The Studio heads were always about making money, but say what you want 
about the old guard, they also were to some degree interested in making 
good or popular movies. That is in no way true of guys like Zaz, who are 
100% in the money making business, not show business. 

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[TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV: "Live From Daryl's House" to resume

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I'm proud to say I didn't understand one word of that.

--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 5:37:16 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> Mr Hall had shut down production of the Webby-winning series at his Hudson 
> Valley club and restaurant long before the pandemic, though its most recent 
> two segments streamed during it... Squeeze's Glenn Tilbrook, producer 
> Robert Fripp and Howard Jones (!) are among the guests in the six-episode 
> season, which begins tomorrow (Nov 1st) on a Youtube channel to be 
> announced...
>
> https://variety.com/2023/music/news/daryl-hall-live-from-daryls-house-returns-1235772685/
>  (link)
> B
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[TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV: "Live From Daryl's House" to resume

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I'm proud to say I didn't understand one of that.

--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 5:37:16 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> Mr Hall had shut down production of the Webby-winning series at his Hudson 
> Valley club and restaurant long before the pandemic, though its most recent 
> two segments streamed during it... Squeeze's Glenn Tilbrook, producer 
> Robert Fripp and Howard Jones (!) are among the guests in the six-episode 
> season, which begins tomorrow (Nov 1st) on a Youtube channel to be 
> announced...
>
> https://variety.com/2023/music/news/daryl-hall-live-from-daryls-house-returns-1235772685/
>  (link)
> B
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Turn On

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I did, too.

About all I remember was that I thought it wasn't bad; just stupid.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, August 7, 2023 at 12:18:38 PM UTC-7 Jon Delfin wrote:

> anybody else able (willing?) to admit they saw the original broadcast?
>
> On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 3:11 PM Carlton Doerner  wrote:
>
>> The second episode that was unaired can be found here...
>>
>> [image: test.jpg]
>>
>> Turn-On Found 
>> cabel.com 
>> 
>>
>>
>> — Carlton
>>
>> On Aug 2, 2023, at 8:48 AM, JW  wrote:
>>
>> The infamous single episode of Turn On from 1969 is on YouTube.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxs5ki5e8nE
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[TV orNotTV] Re: The state of televised news…

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

I couldn't disagree more with this. 

Maddow proved the other night that 23 minutes of reading and recapping the 
indictment was deadly, and she was touching on just the highlights. To 
spend 60 minutes or more reading and annotating it would have been 
illustrated radio and sets clicking off across America.

As for fact-checking the indictment, that's why they have the trial, and we 
got a good portion of it during the Jan. 6 House Committee sessions.

I'll agree that tracking Trump's progress from Bedminster to DC was 
pointless and overkill, but when all the nets are locked into a pool camera 
view of the courthouse exterior, there's not a lot they can do in terms of 
visual variety. Had there been a camera in the courtroom, that might have 
been one thing, but they had to work with what they had. I'm no big fan of 
Maddow's, but I think she did an excellent job reading the texts from the 
reporter in the room.

--Dave Sikula
On Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 1:50:14 PM UTC-7 Kevin M. wrote:

> There is a major news event occurring today, and every televised news 
> outlet is handling it the same way, which is to say wrongly. Each has their 
> own hosts and their own pundits speculating and pontificating instead of 
> reporting. They are operating under the assumption that a live shot outside 
> the courthouse is newsworthy, even though they aren’t reporting / can’t 
> report on what’s occurring inside. 
>
> So instead of reading the indictment aloud and fact-checking the charges 
> with eye witnesses, video from Jan 6, or doing anything resembling 
> journalism, they are guessing whether Trump will have his mugshot taken. 
>
> It’s nothing less than disgraceful. One of the most historic days in 
> American history, and it’s being covered by teams of morons. 
>
> All the broadcast outlets (including Fox) interrupted regular scheduled 
> broadcasts… for what? To show Trump walk down the stairs from his private 
> jet? And to get that shot, they pointed cameras at a parked plane for how 
> many minutes? Hours? What is the f-ing point? 
>
> Where is the substance? Where are the facts? Where is the journalism? Any 
> jagoff can point a camera at a building, but that’s not news. And these 
> morons are all going to drive home from work today patting themselves on 
> the back, genuinely believing they were a beneficial part of history, when 
> in actuality they were an embarrassment to the nation. 
> -- 
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
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[TV orNotTV] Re: Warner Disco backs off TCM, a bit

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At the risk of reiterating my point, most of the articles I've read have 
made the same mistake (and so much for The New Yorker's fact-checking, 
which I find to be weak at best): "Well, WBD owns all those movies; there 
should be no financial issues in showing them, so what's the big deal?," 
and implying that, if the channel were somehow sold or spun off, the titles 
(the bulk of which are the Warner Bros., MGM, and RKO libraries) would come 
with them.

The problem with that reasoning is that TCM owns next to nothing: they have 
their interstitials and some commissions, but that's about it. Everything 
-- including the films that WBD owns -- needs to be licensed and paid for. 
Add to that the fact that most of TCM's revenue comes from cable fees, and 
that those are dropping as people cut their respective cords -- and that's 
not much of a business model. Sure, the channel currently turns a modest 
profit, but that's not likely to continue indefinitely. Even spinning it 
off would be problematic, as FilmStruck wasn't able to make it, and that's 
the closest analogy. Zaslav's dream of having celebrities talk about movies 
that influenced them would seem to have limited interest or variety.

It's a good thing that Charlie is back -- he's really the heart and soul of 
TCM -- but he's got a skeleton crew (there are currently two people running 
the festival -- programming and booking films, guests, and venues, not to 
mention all the associated logistics) and -- despite Zaslav's apparent love 
for the channel -- limited corporate support.

Also, Scott McGee, the #2 guy after Charlie, Tweeted that it was Ben 
Mankiewicz who was responsible for putting the phone call from Scorsese and 
company, rather than a spontaneous gesture by the directors, so despite 
their undoubted love for the channel, I don't know how much long-term 
effort they'll be able to out into curation. (If this is true and, coming 
from Scott, I'm sure it is, it's the first good thing Ben's done for the 
channel, as far as I'm concerned.)

Right now, the channel is programmed through August (I was surprised to 
learn how late things are nailed down), so we won't see any tangible 
results and after-effects until September at the earliest, but (as much as 
the prospect pains me) I can't see how the channel and Festival fare for 
more than a year or so. I would think the Cruise will be dead after 
November.

--Dave Sikula

On Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 5:36:17 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> Richard Brody in the New Yorker suggested that the channel be spun off 
> into a nonprofit entity... and got what-for on Twitter, including  from 
> Sikula...
> https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1673779938694950915
>
> https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/turner-classic-movies-is-a-national-treasure
>  (links)
> B
>
> Paul Murray, June 28th:
>
> Zaslav was warned that he'd be ticking off the wrong people, but didn't 
> like being told how to run his business. Then Spielberg, Scorsese and PT 
> Anderson got involved.
>
> The channel's longtime programmer is now back.
>
>
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/zaslav-reverses-tcm-changes-1235525256/
>
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[TV orNotTV] Re: 100 layoffs on tap for WBD's cable brands

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

Not just the GM, but also Charlie Tabish, the chief programmer, Anne 
Wilson, the vice president of studio production, Dexter Fedor, who was in 
charge of marketing and creative design (and who was responsible for the 
unfortunate graphic redesigns of a couple of years ago). and Genevieve 
McGillicuddy, who basically created the TCM Film Festival. 

They're all pretty irreplaceable and their loss does not bode well for the 
network's future. I'd expect that the Festival is dead, given that Charlie 
and Gen programmed it, and that (if the channel survives) we'll soon see 
advertising.

Meanwhile, Zaslov has made about $400 million in salary.

It was not a good day to be a TCM fan.

--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 3:42:35 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> And TCM's GM is movin' on after being with the organization since the late 
> 90s...
>
> https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/warner-bros-discovery-layoffs-cable-tcm-1235649925/
>  (link)
> B
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[TV orNotTV] Re: Stan Lee docu slammed by colleague's son

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

I'm so tired of the "Stan vs. Jack"/"Stan vs. Steve" binary. Nothing Ditko 
or Kirby created without Stan had any legs (Darkseid -might- be the one 
exception), nor did anything Stan create without Kirby, Ditko, Heck, or 
Lieber. They needed the symbiosis, but that doesn't make for either good 
television or "Great Man" theory (I'm actually surprised Sorkin or Ken 
Burns haven't gotten their grubby mitts on this one.)

--Dave Sikula

On Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 1:49:56 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> Jillian Kirby, whose grandfather Jack was one of Lee's legendary staff at 
> Marvel, posted a lengthy denouncement of the D!sney+ tribute by her father 
> Neal, calling into question Lee's involvement in the creation of the vast 
> majority of the comics empire's characters...
>
> https://variety.com/2023/film/news/stan-lee-documentary-slammed-jack-kirby-son-1235648062/
>  (link)
> B
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'Price' First Out of TV City Before Renovation

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On Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 11:30:06 AM UTC-7 M-D November wrote:

Hey, for the low, low price of at least 2 mortgage payments, you can have 
your own Jeopardy! podium...(although interestingly, I noticed that they 
removed the timing lights from above the score display...


**cough** lectern **cough**

--Dave Sikula 

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Trump enabler awarded prime time show on CNN

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I don't know that Licht is right-wing so much as he's a spineless company 
man who'll do exactly what the bosses tell him. At CBS, Colbert being 
liberal (however ineptly the show came off) made money, so that's what he 
gave Viacom/Paramount. John Malone wants CNN to tilt to the right, so 
that's what he's giving them there. As Tom Lehrer sang, "Don't say that 
he's hypocritical / Say rather that he's apolitical."

As for Amanpour and Anderson, the former could probably write her own 
ticket anywhere if she has enough and leaves, and Anderson, with his "silo" 
scolding, has already indicated how much of a toadying lickspittle he's 
willing to be.

--Dave Sikula


On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 4:06:17 PM UTC-7 Mark Jeffries wrote:

The question is this:  The right have been told for years and years by Fox 
News how CNN is evil. Does Licht think he can get them to change their mind 
when that's all they've heard for years--and unless they can get Tucker 
Carlson to join them and maybe Hannity or Ingraham? I'll bet that if 
Carlson joined them tomorrow, the right would be calling him a traitor.

And let this be said:  If Licht is so right wing, why did he stay with 
Colbert so long?  As much as us in the group didn't like what he did to the 
Late Show, it still has to be said that Colbert wasn't a ratings hit on CBS 
until LIcht took over.  It's not exactly like Republicans came flocking to 
guest on Colbert when he was a hit (and is--"Gutfeld!" is only successful 
in the ratings when everybody else is on vacation or on strike, plus he's 
on at 11 and has the built-in advantage of viewers who leave the TV on Fox 
News all day and won't switch unless Meemaw wants to watch Andy Griffith 
reruns on MeTV).

Mark Jeffries
spotl...@gmail.com

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: Perry Mason season 2

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Couldn't disagree more. I'll agree it's a little slow to start, but I 
expect that, as with last year, it'll gain momentum and take off like a 
rocket about halfway through.

It's one of my favorite shows, this season even moreso with Maslany.

--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 10:23:26 PM UTC-7 Kevin M. wrote:

> Excruciatingly slow to start. Gross ethnic stereotypes all over the place. 
> Last but not least, I must quote Joan Cusack:
>
> https://youtu.be/221NeZe3cos
>
> -- 
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] 'SNL' Pre-Show Segment Editors to Strike

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Losing those horrific nepotistic segments would only boost the show's 
entertainment value. They generally make "Laser Cats" look like "Citizen 
Kane."

--Dave Sikula

On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 11:08:46 PM UTC-8 David Bruggeman wrote:

I can't be sure of this, but my sense is that the three cast members who 
comprise "Please Don't Destroy" (think the "Lonely Island" for this 
iteration of the cast) are only seen in video pieces.  I'd assume they 
would join the strike, unless they do write stuff for non-video sketches.

David


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[TV orNotTV] Re: Minhaj Does Inside Rips in Spirit Awards Monologue

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The most appropriate thing one can say about this clown show is that they 
hold them in an actual circus tent.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 5:27:28 AM UTC-8 Mark Jeffries wrote:

> Of the wide palette of entertainment media properties owned by Penske 
> (Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone, Billboard), Hasan Minhaj 
> chose to go after Deadline, the website founded by the late Nikki Finke, in 
> his Spirit Awards monologue Saturday, calling them a "dogs--t clickbait" 
> site without giving examples (personally, Deadline is much milder these 
> days than when  Nikki was around):
>
>
> https://www.thewrap.com/indie-spirit-awards-hasan-minhaj-monologue-deadline-clickbait-journalism/?utm_source=newsletter_medium=email_campaign=breaking_news_7224727
>
> Elsewhere in the monologue, Minhaj went after IFC for dumping the Spirit 
> Awards after many years of telecasting the show (they were on YouTube this 
> year, and never mind that the home of "2.5 Men" and "That 70s Show" reruns, 
> the former Independent Film Channel, is down to "Documentary Now!", 
> "Sherman's Showcase" and maybe "Baroness Von Sketch Show" when it comes to 
> original programs) and the ending of "Tar" (no spoilers here). You won't 
> hear those kinds of jokes on the Oscars.
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: (formerly TV) Jon Batiste drops track from "Marlowe" soundtrack

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Not to get too far off-topic (from TV), but this is something that 
generally comes up in my world when a Marlowe movie airs on TCM. For me 
(and many), Dick Powell is far and away the best Marlowe, Bogart is too 
much of a tough guy for my tastes (you couldn't slip a sheet of paper 
between his Marlowe and his Spade). Garner should have been perfect, but 
the movie was terrible. Robert Montgomery is okay (though the first-person 
camera in "Lady in the Lake" is too distracting), and George Montgomery is 
a disaster in "The Brasher Doubloon." Mitchum is very good (he's second to 
Powell for me), but is just a tad too tired and dissipated. I never saw the 
Powers Boothe series, so I can't judge that. The least said about Altman's 
travesty, the better.

Personally, I'm -very- much over Brits, Aussies, and the Irish playing 
'muricans with their crappy accents, but casting people will always go 
weak-kneed for actors with "training" (because, obviously, there are no 
actor training programs in the United States).

I generally like Neeson, but don't expect much from him in this one.

--Dave Sikula 

On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 3:56:33 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote:


Bogie will always be my favorite, but there are other good Marlowe’s out 
there (Robert Mitchum and James Garner).

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Collie molester gets Licht to air “Overtime”

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Between this genius move and the reported attempts to sign Gayle King, 
Olbermann's low opinion of Licht seems more justified than ever.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, January 30, 2023 at 9:08:55 PM UTC-8 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:
CNN = Certainly Not News 

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 9:07 PM Brad Beam  wrote:
Friday nights at 11:30 during “CNN Tonight.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11693255/CNN-air-Bill-Mahers-segment-Overtime-boss-Chris-Licht-works-casting-wide-net.html
Kevin M. (RPCV)

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Re: [TV orNotTV] CNN may turn to comedy during 9 to midnight period

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Given that Colbert thinks the world of Licht, who seems to be living down 
to everything KO describes him as being, I'm going with Olbermann on this 
one.

That Colbert does not like TFG is obvious, but most of his other politics 
seem to be pretty moderate. Of course, it could just be the alcohol talking 
(and, seriously, does anyone on television drink on camera as much as he?).

--Dave Sikula

On Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 12:22:16 PM UTC-8 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:
Olbermann was living in Trump Tower while he was berating how evil Trump 
was. He has no credibility to criticize anyone else’s liberalism. 

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[TV orNotTV] Kaleidoscope

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Anyone else in on this one? The wife and I finished it tonight and mostly 
liked it, though it did strike me that, minus the "Choose Your Own 
Adventure" gimmickry, it seemed like, if watched in chronological order, it 
would be only a so-so caper/thriller.

--Dave Sikula

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Cecily Strong subtly leaves SNL

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A legacy that will last a commercial break.

She had the range of a fire hydrant.

--Dave Sikula

On Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 6:11:24 AM UTC-8 Bob Jersey wrote:

> It was no surprise. Some, though, were surprised to see Lizzo instead of 
> Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
>
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cecily-strong-leaving-saturday-night-live-snl-1235284214/
>  (link)
> B
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] The search for Sam continuuuuuues

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I'm in deep enough that I'll keep watching, but it remains one of the worst 
shows on television, whose inept writing is exceeded only by the uniformly 
terrible cast (the lead possibly excepted).

No wonder Sam didn't want to come back if this is what was waiting for him. 

(BTW,  I still expect Bakula to do a "surprise" appearance, despite his 
expressed lack of interest. I think that's a red herring.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 6:36:35 PM UTC-8 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:

> I lost interest. 
>
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Jacqui Oatley

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I have to say (with no irony or sarcasm) that I find darts more exciting 
and having more action than any soccer game.

--Dave Sikula

On Friday, December 2, 2022 at 5:33:28 PM UTC-8 Adam Bowie wrote:

> Ha ha. Well the most recent ITV darts coverage was hosted by the excellent 
> News Boulting who these days mostly does cycling and is lead ITV 
> commentator for the Tour de France. That was because it clashed with the 
> World Cup 
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: RIP: Meanwhile, watermelons rejoice

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A friend of mine posted this story today:

In 1975 I was working stage crew at the theater venue at Knott's Berry 
Farm. That year the summer show was "Pop Your Buttons" this was an 
archetype of a theme park show and is like that this was probably the worst 
thing ever. It was supposed to be a vaudeville review. It was awful. The 
music was provided by an accordionist sitting on a stool downstate left in 
front of the main drape. That is how bad it was. And I wore a gorilla suit 
in part of it. And part of the show was Leo Gallagher.

He had an ongoing walk on bit through the show, and then would do his 
routine with props and the Sledge-o-Matic. He would put the apple between 
the patented pans and turn it to applesauce. Then he would say to the 
audience 'Imagine this with a watermelon' and some laughter ensued. 

So eventually, while looking for amusement, we went out between shows and 
bought a watermelon. The next show, after he made the watermelon joke, two 
of our usherettes in pillbox hats roller skated onstage carrying the 
watermelon. And then for the very first time he smashed up a watermelon. 
After that he never stopped.

So the watermelon bit was our fault. We did this. You can blame us. It was 
we who doomed so many poor innocent watermelons. 

It feels good to finally admit to this.


On Friday, November 11, 2022 at 9:10:14 AM UTC-8 Brad Beam wrote:

> Gallagher (as portrayed by Paul F Tompkins in the Weird Al movie), 76.
>
>
> https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/gallagher-dead-comedian-smashing-watermelons-1235430439/
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Visiting the Ed this week

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So, if I'm reading this right, they made you sit in the house with nothing 
happening for about 90 minutes? That's inexcusable.

--Dave Sikula

On Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 7:22:13 PM UTC-7 David Bruggeman wrote:

> I left the Ed about 6:45 Eastern, and haven't seen the show yet, so I 
> might have more to say later in the week.
>
> Most of what Dave describes below reflects my experience, though the 
> process is much more efficient than in 2017.  I arrived at 3:30, and once 
> my plus one satisfied all the COVID requirements, we were in the Ed within 
> 20 minutes and right to our seats (ground level, near the back and across 
> from Joe Saylor in the band, though we still had a fair amount of time 
> waiting in the theater.
>
> The staff had music piped in (mostly current hits).  I can't remember who 
> came first, but the floor director and the warm-up guy (Paul Mercurio, who 
> was probably doing it in 2017) were next.  Mercurio was leaning hard on the 
> cheerleading approach to being a warm-up comic, which can easily rub 
> someone the wrong way.  His interactions with audience members were more 
> entertaining.
>
> The band came out and the crowd really responded.  They played the song 
> that used to play over the end titles (chorus lyrics "I feel good, I feel 
> free, I feel fine just being me.")  Stephen came out during the song, did 
> the Q thing, and then the show started around 5:30-5:40.
> -- 
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] James Cameron rips Marvel and DC

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

According to Sigourney Weaver, when she was on with Marc Maron, Cameron is 
planning parts 4 and 5, too.

--Dave Sikula

Also, WHO THE F**K WAS ASKING FOR TWO AVATAR SEQUELS?!?
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Visiting the Ed this week

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I have a reservation for November myself, but the last time I was there 
(2017?), I screwed up the arrival time and got there just before the cutoff 
of 4:00 (I thought that was the time to show up).

I don't know how it is post-COVID, but then, it was far more disorganized 
than Dave's LS. They kept us penned in the vestibule for a good 45 minutes 
before finally letting us into the house. Even then, it was about another 
45 minutes until tape time, with not much happening. Dave's LS kept music 
going and the ushers really worked to keep the audience pumped. Colbert's 
pre-show had dull music and not much from the staff -- other than folding 
chairs in the balcony and repeated warnings to not take photos. 

The warmup guy was truly terrible, but once Batiste and the band came out, 
things perked up. They were really good (probably more versatile than Paul 
Shaffer's band, but the CBS Orchestra was more energetic). Colbert came 
out, took some questions, and the taping went pretty much on schedule, with 
only a couple of re-takes. We were out before 7:00, which allowed me to get 
to the show I was seeing that evening.

I'd say to be prepared to do a lot of waiting and hope you get some good 
guests. One thing you can be sure of, though: if there's a musical guest, 
they'll be terrible.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, October 31, 2022 at 1:31:59 PM UTC-7 David Bruggeman wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I have tickets for Wednesday's Late Show taping.  I wanted to know if 
> there were any burning questions and/or advice that members of the brain 
> trust have for someone who's only done the L.A. based late night tapings.
>
> Best,
> David
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: When You Care Enough to Stream the Very Tackiest: Hallmark Channel Shows on Peacock

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In a sane world, this would mean the release of the vast number of Hallmark 
Hall of Fame episodes of the 50s through the 70s that featured really 
notable actors in really good plays. (The only one I own is an "Arsenic and 
Old Lace" with Boris Karloff, Tony Randall, and Tom Bosley.)

Seeing that we're in the Worst Timeline, though, we'll be getting more 
crappy mysteries and sappy romances.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, October 31, 2022 at 3:07:50 PM UTC-7 Mark Jeffries wrote:

> Starting Wednesday, all three of Hallmark's channels will stream 24/7 on 
> NBCU's streamer, along with current and library programming available for 
> on-demand streaming (including those formula Christmas movies), the first 
> major cable channel to put the mainline channel on a streamer that isn't a 
> faux cable system (Sling, YouTube Live)--and speaking of cable systems, 
> considering that Hallmark is beloved by the audience that hasn't cut the 
> cord yet (along with TCM and news channels), the cable systems have to not 
> be happy about this:
>
>
> https://www.thewrap.com/hallmark-movies-shows-streaming-peacock-christmas/?utm_source=newsletter_medium=email_campaign=breaking_news_7164538
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Twitter Exodus

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Wait! Farrow lied about a moral matter? Color me shocked.

--Dave Sikula

On Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 3:05:03 PM UTC-7 PGage wrote:

>
> Per THR:
> Celebs who say they are leaving include: Shonda Rhymes, Ken Olin
> Celebs who said they would leave if Musk took over, then changed their 
> mind: Mia Farrow, Jameela Jamil
>
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: V spitballing new "Daily" hosts

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

Noah was bad enough, but put either of those two on, and it's Local News, 
Here I Come!

--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 2:07:43 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> Not that they or their peeps would comment, but Sam Bee and Kal Penn are 
> among those namedropped by Brian Steinberg...
>
> https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/daily-show-comedy-central-outside-canddates-1235413639/
>  (link)
> B
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Colbert, Funny or Die to produce CBS celebrity pickleball special

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And the nets wonder why viewership is plummeting?

-- Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 11:24:20 AM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> The planned primetime competition is FoD's second project since being sold 
> to Henry Muñoz, after the Weird Al movie... 
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stephen-colbert-funny-or-die-primetime-pickleball-cbs-1235111617/
>  (link)
>
> B
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Lorne Michaels podcast interview worth a listen

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Be that as it may, outside of MAGAland, I'm hard=pressed to think of three 
more repulsive people in show business.

--Dave Sikula

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Quantum Leap 2: The Search For Sam

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I'm honestly startled to see it's that popular, since it's a truly terrible 
show. Poor writing, basic direction, ugly cinematography, and miserable 
characters. What's to like?

--Dave Sikula


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[TV orNotTV] Re: Inside Jeopardy podcast

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Not to talk this too far off track, but am I the only one who's finding the 
current season of Celebrity Jeopardy an irredeemable train wreck?

I mean, I'm expecting the questions to be dumbed down ("This striped 
animal's name starts with a Z and ends with an A"), but even as moronic as 
the questions are, the "celebrities" are still whiffing on them. Constance 
Wu in particular might as well have been on SNL. Bialik has been helpless 
so far in trying to keep things under control, but I don't think even 
Trebek would be able to do anything this time around.

--Dave Sikula

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Re: [TV orNotTV] SNL, with a mostly new cast, has a lot of rebuilding to do : NPR

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Any episode that lacks McKinnon and Strong is going to be that much 
stronger. (I was, frankly, astounded at the uproar not having the latter's 
names in the credits caused. Parenthetically, the idea of Strong doing a 
one-woman show that relies on portraying a number of different characters 
is gob-smacking.)

The thing that most struck me about the episode (other than the usual 
ineptitude) was the number of sketches that were sponsored: we had the poop 
bears, the hamburger place, the app, and the movie theatre chain. Add to 
those Update and the musical numbers I FFed through and it's a very thin 
gruel.

--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 2:44:41 PM UTC-7 mdnov...@gmail.com wrote:

> The cold open was solid, but that was largely due to Miles Teller's 
> Manning impression. Update was good, and I enjoyed the AMC/Nicole Kidman 
> spot (even though it's long overdue). The contractually obligated game show 
> segment had a few solid jokes.  The rest of the show was hot garbage.
>
>
>
>
>>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Trevor Noah leaving The Daily Show

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I'm with you on this one. I think I've long since made my feelings about 
Noah and his parade of skits and crappy accents well-known.

While the next host should probably be someone like Dulce Sloan (whose own 
career is probably in the midst of taking off), I wouldn't be surprised if 
Paramount just ends the franchise. Surely Office and South Park reruns must 
be more cost-effective. Does TDS content go viral enough among the 
young'uns? I would miss Klepper baiting MAGAs, though.

--Dave Sikula

On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 8:08:21 PM UTC-7 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:

> For better or worse, he reshaped the series to cater to (pander to) a 
> younger generation, making it all but unwatchable to viewers like me. I 
> like Noah, but not as a host. 
>
> I’m willing to give a different host a try 
>
>
> https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/trevor-noah-leaving-daily-show-1235388893/amp/
>
> -- 
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

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Well, now that the second episode has come and gone, this one looks like a 
dead fish. The effects were slightly better this time, though for all the 
money spent on a credible Space Shuttle set, they might have done better to 
put a couple more bucks in the script. (None of the other crew members 
noticed Lee having conversations with someone who wasn't there?)

The biggest problem remains the cast. Lee is fine, Hudson is serviceable 
(even with nothing to play), but the others -- especially Caitlin Bassett 
-- are stuck with leaden dialogue and ciphers of characters that they don't 
have the chops to do anything with. The other issue is the tone. No matter 
what happened on the original version, there was a chemistry and a 
friendship between Sam and Al. In the reboot, no one seems to like each 
other, and they spend their time recounting exposition and detailing each 
other's character traits rather than interacting.

I'll give it a few more episodes -- worse shows have gotten better -- but, 
right now, this show should leap home.

--Dave Sikula




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[TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

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I thought it failed in pretty much every regard. I totally agree about the 
cast; Lee isn't bad, but everyone else is a non-entity, and Ernie Hudson is 
really phoning this one in.

I'll stick with it because I so liked the original, but there's not a lot 
there, other than high school-level green screen work.

I do have a suspicion, though, that Bakula's denials are a smokescreen to 
cover what will be his eventual appearance(s).

--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 7:53:28 PM UTC-7 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:

> The CGI is distracting… there are too many sets and effects that aren’t 
> practical. It’s a decent first story, but the cast seems to have been 
> chosen more for diversity than for talent. That said, Raymond Lee has the 
> potential to be a good lead. It is not as bad as it could have been, but it 
> is also not as good as it could have been.
>
> Streaming on the Peacock 
> -- 
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Tuesday Colbert

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Only reinforcing how toothless the show's satire is. Sure, he's angry, but 
if angry were funny, I'd be the most hilarious person on the planet.

--Dave Sikula

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Paying for Commercials…

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I enjoy Puck, even if some of the Hollywood coverage succumbs to the 
Industry mindset that there's nothing in the universe more important than 
the movie business and its associated egos. (The KCRW podcast, "The 
Business," is especially egregious in this regard.)

My biggest takeaway from the article is the speculation that, eventually, 
Viacom/Universal might merge with Discovery+/Warners. I can't imagine a 
functional Justice Department would allow it, but it sounds about the only 
way the latter could dig itself out of its self-inflicted debt.

--Dave Sikula


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[TV orNotTV] Re: Rob Schneider: SNL jumped shark in 2016 post-election outing

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

As loath as I am to agree with Schneider, I found that rendering of 
"Hallelujah" cringeworthy as well, but (I assume) for different reasons: 1) 
If there's a more overdone and unnecessary song, I'm hard-pressed to think 
of it, and b) McKinnon's typically lifeless, enervated, and one-note 
performance gilded the dead lily.

SNL's toothless treatment of FPOTUS over the next four years did nothing to 
change that opinion, just as the current take on Biden ("He's old! End of 
joke,") is as lazy and uninspired as the rest of the show.

--Dave Sikula
On Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 5:35:10 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> "I hate to crap on my own show," he told fellow rightie Glenn Beck, but a 
> "cringeworthy" rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" by Hillary Clinton 
> portrayer Kate McKinnon convinced him the end was near... and *naturally*, 
> he's not fond of current weeknight late-nighters either...
>
> https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/rob-schneider-says-kate-mckinnons-mournful-rendition-of-hallelujah-as-hillary-clinton-is-when-he-realized-snl-was-over/
>  (link)  
>B
>
>
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Paul Rudd to "Only Murders..."

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

While I can only guess who those actresses are (I have my suspicions ...), 
Rudd may be a bridge too far for me. I honestly can't stand the guy.

--Dave Sikula

On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 7:29:06 AM UTC-7 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:

> This series is a pleasure to watch. Even two actresses I dislike are 
> pleasant on this show. 
>
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] John Oliver Bites The Hand (a Little)

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I've been listening to some of the episodes of Keith Olbermann's new 
podcast, and he has -nothing- good to say about Licht. Obviously, it's a 
"consider the source" thing, but the examples seem sourced enough to paint 
a very bad picture of Licht (and explains some of the weaknesses of 
Colbert's show).

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, August 22, 2022 at 1:29:46 PM UTC-7 PGage wrote:

> I don’t think Licht is a Republican. I think he is a good manager and a 
> good corporate soldier. I’m worried his identification as a journalist is 
> way down the list.
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: "Password": Rapid review

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The wife and I could make it through only the first half of the first 
episode. It's manic and exhausting. 

While I applaud the idea of not using Another White Guy as the host, Palmer 
is a non-entity to me and not hosting material. (I vaguely know who she is, 
and will blissfully stay in that state). 

The original wasn't the brainiest game, but there was at least a sense that 
everyone playing had a vocabulary of more than a few hundred words and more 
decorum than Trump Jr. after a coke binge.

I think I'd rather watch the Wiig/McKinnon Hour than any more of this.

--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 7:42:12 PM UTC-7 Brad Beam wrote:

> Gameplay: Ludden classic
>
> Tiebreaker: “Super”/”Plus” puzzle
>
> Bonus round: tag-team Alphabetics, with replacement clues (first half 
> only)
>
>  
>
> The password is… hour-long?!
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Original producer pulls plug on Sorkin's B'way "...Mockingbird"

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While I feel sorry for the cast, I would think Sorkin finds most things 
incomprehensible.

I'm no fan of Rudin's, but anyone who protects the public from Sorkin's 
efforts is to be lauded.

--Dave Sikula

On Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 7:44:29 AM UTC-7 PGage wrote:

> Also relevant, this quote from the article:
>
> “The play’s writer, Aaron Sorkin, and director, Bartlett Sher, emailed the 
> play’s cast and crew late Thursday to inform them of the decision, and they 
> blamed the original lead producer, Scott Rudin, who had stepped away from 
> an active role in the show after being accused of mistreating 
> collaborators. According to Sorkin and Sher, “At the last moment, Scott 
> reinserted himself as producer and for reasons which are, frankly, 
> incomprehensible to us both, he stopped the play from reopening.”
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Kate McKinnon on leaving SNL: "[My] body was tired, and I felt like it was time"

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Here's wishing her a long, long, long rest.

--Dave Sikula

On Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 8:25:37 AM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> Asked by Ripa and Seacrest if she'll watch new episodes, she said "it's 
> too emo," opting for "The Bachelorette"...
> https://ew.com/tv/kate-mckinnon-on-why-she-left-saturday-night-live/ (link; 
> hat-tip Variety)
>
> B
>  
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Lea Michele Replaces Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice in Broadway's 'Funny Girl'

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The Daily Beast has some of the backstage info, and I can't decide if if it 
was handled uglier or more stupid: 
https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-real-broadway-drama-over-lea-michele-replacing-beanie-feldstein-in-funny-girl?ref=home

Regardless, I'm not much of a fan of the show (and even less of Streisand), 
but wild horses couldn't drag me in to see Michele.

--Dave Sikula

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Larry Storch, 99 - R.I.P.

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I worked with Itzin a number of times in the 80s. He was always 
interesting, great to work with, and was a part of some of the greatest 
dressing-room conversations I've ever taken part in. 

He'd had some health problems over the past few years, but I texted him the 
day the Whew! episode re-aired in November. He was surprised they were 
airing it again. I asked him if the TV he won worked well. "It did! For 
many years. Now long retired."

I hadn't seen him in person in nearly 40 years, but he was always a welcome 
presence when he showed up on teevee. Many of the people we worked with in 
common celebrated him on social media today, and he deserved it. I'll miss 
him.

--Dave Sikula

On Friday, July 8, 2022 at 2:46:46 PM UTC-7 djly...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Jul 8, 2022, at 10:40, Marti Lawrence  wrote:
>
>
> Also gone is Gregory Itzin, who played the President on* 24*
>
> https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/gregory-itzin-dead-dies-24-president-logan-1235311835/
>
> ~Marti
>
>
> And he played a part in one of the more infamous moments on the 
> short-lived but cult-favorite 1978 game show Whew!
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYyUzgHJxfw=663s
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: The Old Man

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We've been watching it. Bridges and Lithgow are quite good. The writers 
have been a little slower in finding enough for Shawkat and Brenneman to 
do, but it's getting better.

--Dave Sikula

On Thursday, July 7, 2022 at 8:23:44 AM UTC-7 Paul Murray wrote:

> It's also on Hulu.
>
> I haven't seen any of it yet, but it looks interesting.
>
> On Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 10:32:53 PM UTC-4 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:
>
>> A (mostly) believable spy-comes-in-from-the-cold thriller starring Jeff 
>> Bridges and featuring John “I’m contractually obligated to appear in 
>> everything now” Lithgow. The wife and I are both digging it so far. 
>>
>> On the FX (I still preferred it when they were fx, but oh well) 
>> -- 
>> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>>
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Bialik COVID-positive

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Which is, of course, the lowest of bars.

--Dave Sikula

On Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 2:24:05 PM UTC-7 djly...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Jun 22, 2022, at 04:48, 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <
> tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On the subject of alternate hosts, there's rumors/speculation that Buzzy 
> Cohen, of whom I'm not a particular fan, will be brought back to host the 
> Celebrity editions.
> > Take it with more than a grain of salt.
> > 
> > https://uproxx.com/tv/jeopardy-buzzy-cohen-hosting-rumors/
> > 
> > --Dave Sikula
>
> He doesn’t have a personality that made me want to root for him as a 
> contestant but I think he was better as a host than Mayim or Mike Richards.

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[TV orNotTV] Re: The Ex-Chief on Late Night's Biggest Busts

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

I may be one of the few people who liked Wilton-North. It was rough at 
first, but I thought it was pretty good by the end.

On Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 10:23:27 AM UTC-7 Mark Jeffries wrote:

> Some you know (Joan Rivers, Alan Thicke, Sajak), some you've forgotten 
> ("The Wilton North Report," "Last Call"), some you may've thought were 
> never artistically a hit (Big Jaw):

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Bialik COVID-positive

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

On the subject of alternate hosts, there's rumors/speculation that Buzzy 
Cohen, of whom I'm not a particular fan, will be brought back to host the 
Celebrity editions.
Take it with more than a grain of salt.

https://uproxx.com/tv/jeopardy-buzzy-cohen-hosting-rumors/

--Dave Sikula


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[TV orNotTV] Re: Late Show staffers arrested in DC

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No Brian Stack?

The system is irreparably broken.

--Dave Sikula

On Friday, June 17, 2022 at 6:46:27 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> Verified: Jake Plunkett, a senior producer, and Brendan Hurley, scenic 
> designer, among the arrested.   B
>
> Kevin M, June 17th:
>
>> I suspect the GOP will have more to say about their arrests than they’ve 
>> said about the MAGA cult members who tried to overthrow the government. 
>>
>>
>> https://www.thewrap.com/late-show-staffers-arrested-u-s-capitol-robert-smigel/
>>
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: IYC: Patricia Heaton hisses noncasting of Tim Allen in sequel

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Heaton baffles me. My mentor (an Emmy-nominated director) is about as 
liberal as I can imagine, but she and Heaton are very friendly, worked 
together (very well) on "The Middle," and are trying to put a new project 
together. I guess her "outrage" (real? convenient?) is directed where she 
feels it'll make the most noise. (Conversely, it could be as simple as the 
quality of the work overcoming the political differences.)

--Dave Sikula

On Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 9:19:09 AM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> Chris Evans was chosen to voice Buzz in *Lightyear*, Pixar's *Toy Story* 
> offshoot 
> about the cosmic superhero on which the Allen-voiced toy is based... but 
> that didn't stop Allen's friend...
>
>
> https://ew.com/movies/patricia-heaton-lightyear-castrated-buzz-not-casting-tim-allen/
>  (link)
>
> B
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Late Show credit review, substitute band leader and new showrunner?

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

In other LS musician-related news, guitarist Maddie Rose, who always looked 
so unhappy to me while playing at the Ed, is now at SNL.

--Dave Sikula

On Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 6:46:57 AM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> At one point during one of his walk-abouts before cueing the closing 
> *ba-dump* from Cowboy Joe, he called out to "Tom," so I'm going to figger 
> Tom Purcell is the defacto showrunner. Didn't think sorta-Kevin M lookalike 
> Opus Moreschi wanted the job fulltime.
>
> "Marcus" is lead stage manager Mark McKenna, who's gotten a few onscreen 
> cameos since they returned from the quarantine in the upstairs storage room.
>
> B
>
> David Bruggeman, May 21st:
>
>> I watched Tuesday night's show earlier this evening.  They ran a full set 
>> of credits, over a new visual of the outside of the theater with the 
>> marquee lights gradually shutting off.  
>>
>> I noted Louis Cato is still listed as Music Producer.  As Batiste is 
>> listed as musical director (and also has a producer credit), I'd guess Cato 
>> is involved in generating a lot of the music used in sketches and other 
>> prepared pieces.  To my ear, he sounds like he's often singing some of the 
>> songs used in cold opens (when it's not Brian Stack).  And FWIW, I think 
>> he's doing OK during his conversations with Stephen.
>>
>> I couldn't tell from the credits if there's an official new showrunner 
>> taking over for Licht.  But I have heard Stephen speak to a Marcus a couple 
>> of times.
>>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Late-night's Covid roster complete

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Colbert also mentioned that Batiste will be out until he's done filming 
"The Color Purple," so it's probably a combination of those two and what I 
assume will be his eventual departure. There's also a new enclosure around 
the bandstand that one assumes will come down when there's a piano.

In other news, Armisen is back on drums in 8G this week after a long 
absence.

--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 6:59:03 PM UTC-7 David Bruggeman wrote:

> Jon Batiste is still out with it, per Stephen during last night's show.  
>
>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Why Late Night is in Trouble

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I am reminded of nothing so much as the rant Chris Diamantopoulos's 
"Episodes" character went on that insisted that the only hope network TV 
had was utter chaos: that everything would be live and that there would be 
no regular scheduling; shows could appear any time with any cast and any 
plot elements, up to and including actors getting shot with actual guns on 
camera. "You think any actor is going to turn down a network gig, if the 
cost is only getting shot?" Audiences would tune in if only to not miss 
what was happening.

I don't think we're far from that.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, May 16, 2022 at 10:03:21 AM UTC-7 PGage wrote:

> It is true that they can not assume that what worked in the past will work 
> now, but I’m not sure that it’s true that what worked in the last will not 
> work now. See, for example, the Primetime procedurals on  CBS, and the two 
> Dick Wolf Nights on NBC. While technology and changing habits have led to a 
> mass exodus among broadcast television viewers, the ones who remain tend to 
> be old, and to still like about TV what they have always liked. And even 
> though there are fewer of them, they still are a sizable and almost captive 
> advertising audience for the right products.
>
> What I think is really unlikely is to bet on any programming stunt or 
> gimmick suddenly reversing long term trends and attracting those who have 
> already left back to regular broadcast TV viewing.
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Re: [TV orNotTV] British Jimmy Leaving 'LLS'

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

Corden leaving late night is one of the best things that could happen to 
it, second only to Fallon moving on.

I'd think CBS would just let the franchise die. Local stations would 
appreciate the extra revenue and the network would probably be happy to 
save (the minimal) amount in the budget. (One imagines that the only reason 
they stayed with the show after Ferguson was that Moonves was so smitten 
with Corden [of course, he was also smitten with Chen, and we know what a 
bum deal that turned out to be ...]).

That said, if they do keep the LLS going, I'd guess it stays in LA. Not 
only does it give them something to put in Television City, it also gives 
them access to guests on the west coast (this is another reason TTS being 
in Rockefeller Center is so baffling; but then, everything from Fallon on 
up baffles me on that show ...).

Moving Noah to the mothership makes no sense in my mind. Despite how he's 
destroyed the DS franchise, he's doing everything there that he could want 
to do in a late night show, moving to 12:30 feels like a downward step, and 
he's probably got only a few years left before he moves on to expand his 
comedy and producing career (he's already sold a show to NBC).

If they do keep the LLS going, though, I'd agree that the best thing to do 
would be to have a woman or a POC host.

==Dave Sikula

On Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 7:11:06 PM UTC-7 David Bruggeman wrote:

> My basic thoughts, other than relief at one less Jimmy in late night.
>
> Will CBS bother with a replacement?  Late night, at least in my lifetime, 
> has been something mostly of interest to NBC.  Without Dave, there wouldn't 
> be any CBS late night to speak of, and certainly not a second hour of it.
>
> If they bother, will they put it on the network or go straight to the plus?
>
> Will it be in California?  I think it would be a little silly to have yet 
> another late night show in the Big Apple, and I'm persuaded that it makes 
> sense for bookings to have network shows near where much of the U.S. 
> television production still is.
>
> Who would host?  I think it would depend in part on if it stays in 
> California, but I agree that it seems likely to not be an old white guy.
>
> Desus and Mero are very Bronx, but that is perhaps third on my list of 
> reasons why I think they wouldn't do it.  First is their propensity for all 
> kinds of network-unfriendly content and second is that they are probably 
> good with doing a show once or twice a week.  Much as I'd like to add my 
> favorite link from their show, they did a segment recently where they were 
> forced to work clean and failed miserably - 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QZtEvfG4g0
>
> As for Trevor, I guess?  It makes sense to me that the 11:30 and 12:30 
> shows are distinct from each other, and I'd think that a Colbert-Noah block 
> would just seem like one big show.  Of course, they might want that?
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Florida Gov proposes ending "special" districts

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

If I were running Disney, I'd say "Fine. You want it? It's yours -- 
starting immediately. We get a billion-dollar tax break and you get to 
explain to residents why they suddenly have to pay $2200 each."

--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 1:36:58 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> Including the one encompassing D!sney... danged if he cares about the 
> court challenge...
>
>
> https://variety.com/2022/film/news/ron-desantis-disney-reedy-creek-district-1235235575/
>  (link)
>
> B
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Jerry West, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar rip "Winning Time"

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

I was a fan of those Lakers, too, and I just can't get past the, frankly, 
stupid and unnecessary tinkering with history in the name of creating a 
(badly-told) story. The most egregious examples in the latest episode were 
that, despite the show claiming that the first Lakers/Celtics game that 
year was played in Boston around Christmas, the teams had already played at 
the Forum, and LA had won handily. Even the game they did create had the 
wrong score and the wrong outcome (a tie-breaking free throw vs. a 
"dramatic" last-second shot). 

In addition, the show's conceit was that the Lakers were reeling under 
Westhead's leadership, when they had just won something like 10 of 14 at 
the time they went into Boston -- in February, not December. 

Even something as simple as the team's flirtation with Elgin Baylor was 
that he would take Riley's place, not Westhead.

If they can't get even those basics right, they have no business painting 
the rest as even remotely factual.

After this disaster and "Don't Look Up," I'm starting to wonder if Will 
Ferrell was the brains of the partnership, after all. (Which, if true, is a 
very, very low bar.)

--Dave Sikula

On Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 8:03:30 AM UTC-7 PGage wrote:

> The list of things I am actually an expert on is very small; one of the 
> items on that list is the Lakers in general, and the Showtime era in 
> particular. I actually am enjoying the HBO series, even though Kareem is my 
> favorite athlete of all time, and Jerry West one of my childhood heroes. 
>
> Kareem, who has become one of the most thoughtful and insightful of public 
> intellectuals, is still not exactly high on the sense of humor scale, and I 
> think does not get McKay’s style or tone. Winning Time exaggerates Kareem’s 
> more surly personality traits in the pre-Magic days, and does not 
> sufficiently contextualizing them, but it is in the ballpark. 
>
> But it’s portrayal of West is more puzzlingly extreme and distorted. West 
> was (and is) extremely intense, but it is fueled more by pathological and 
> self destructive anxiety, not insecurity or assholitry. I guess McKay just 
> wanted a comic foil, but it’s kind of mean spirited to leave such a 
> negatively defining imprint on such an important and tragically unhappy 
> figure.
>
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 at 6:57 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
> tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>> The Lakers greats took different paths to do so... West fired off a nasty 
>> letter to Adam McKay and HBO calling for legal retraction of his portrayal, 
>> while "Cap" on his (paywalled) blog generally knocked the "bland 
>> characterization" and questioned how it "turn[ed West] into a Wile E. 
>> Coyote character"...
>>
>>
>> https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/jerry-west-winning-time-demands-retraction-1235236494/
>>
>> https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/kareem-abdul-jabbar-slams-winning-time-boring-dishonest-1235235529/
>>  (links)
>>
>>
>> B
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[TV orNotTV] Re: New car chase tech comes to Los Angeles

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I always wonder what motivates the mania for covering car chases in Los 
Angeles. Is there any other city where local news drops everything to show 
them?

--Dave Sikula

On Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 7:45:26 PM UTC-7 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:

> KCBS and KCAL (the two share news resources) have a new camera system fit 
> to their helicopter. Push a button and the camera locks onto whatever it is 
> focused on. Nifty. 
>
>
>
> https://twitter.com/roadsagela/status/1514789205859205138?s=21=IRoRPogufhZFsrzZtePNRg
>
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[TV orNotTV] Re: Fox goes to another youngster for MLB primary role

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Davis was faced with the impossible task of replacing Vin Scully, and has 
pulled it off far better than could ever have been expected. As a 
play-by-play guy, I think he's superb (even if he is hampered by 
overtalkative color guys). One of the highest compliments I can pay him is 
that, when he does a Dodger game on national television he calls it with no 
homerism (unlike too many others, especially the nimrods we have here in 
the Bay Area); one would never guess he's the Dodgers regular guy. Smoltz 
is awful and incapable of not rooting blatantly for the Braves, but I guess 
that's what is to be expected nowadays.

I think he's the perfect candidate for this job, but I do regret it'll cut 
down on his Dodger assignments.

--Dave Sikula

On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 6:08:35 AM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> Joe Davis, 34, gets the job.  "Smoltzie" will join him.  His first game is 
> May 28th.
>
>
> https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/joe-davis-fox-sports-major-league-baseball-1235228270/
>  (link)
>
> B
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] (NoTV) Even if Jon Batiste goes 0-for tonight

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Something I've noticed in the two tapings I've been to is that, while I'm 
not a real fan of the music the band plays during the actual show, they 
blow the roof off the dump during the commercial breaks and play stuff that 
the home audience never hears.

I don't think Batiste is great at side-kicking, either, but I also don't 
think Colbert really sees that as his job. In the few taped segments he's 
done, he's been all right, but (surprisingly) not real charismatic.

I know he and Colbert go way back, but I can't imagine that -- as 
successful as he's starting to be and as good as he is -- he'll be around 
the Ed that much longer. Or maybe he'll pull a Max Weinberg and take breaks 
to tour while maintaining nominal control of the band.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, April 4, 2022 at 9:19:01 AM UTC-7 PGage wrote:

> More than a waste, as he seems to be really bad at it (Side kicking)
>
> On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 at 7:53 AM Tom Wolper  wrote:
>
>> I’ve mostly given up on listening to Fresh Air (I track the episodes on 
>> an RSS reader and stream ones I want to listen to) and the interviews with 
>> Batiste and Questlove have been especially rewarding and worth looking up. 
>> Batiste is gifted not only at composing but also at describing how he does 
>> it. Maybe if Colbert put him in the guest chair and gave him a chance to 
>> talk about it that would give the audience an idea. Being called on to be a 
>> regular sidekick feels like more of a waste.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 5:31 AM PGage  wrote:
>>
>>> Congratulations to JB, for not only not going 0-fer, but for winning the 
>>> biggest Grammy (among his 5), Album of the year. I am always shocked when 
>>> something I like wins a Grammy, as I am so far out of the demo (I had to 
>>> Google Olivia Rodrigo, then I think I remembered fast forwarding thru her 
>>> on SNL in the last year or two). But his album really was my favorite this 
>>> year.
>>>
>>> A big year for late night TV musicians, as Questlove was the winner of 
>>> the Best Documentary Oscar that got overshadowed by Will Smith’s nonsense. 
>>> That was a remarkable piece of work.
>>>
>>> I’m not so surprised that Batiste doesn’t do more of his own solo work 
>>> on the show, or that he doesn’t contribute more as a side kick (in fact, I 
>>> think the show is better the less it tries to use him in that way). It’s 
>>> more that the depth and quality of his musical signature does not seem to 
>>> come through on that show. I feel like we get a much clearer  sense of that 
>>> signature from Doc, Paul and Questlove. Though truthfully I don’t watch 
>>> Colbert that regularly anymore so maybe that has changed.
>>>
>>> On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 at 12:10 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <
>>> tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>
 I can only guess as to why Batiste is not as active in a non-band sense 
 on the show.  My sense is that Batiste's creative energies are mainly 
 focused on non-Late Show projects, which is fine with me.  Whether that 
 flexibility was a condition for accepting the gig, or it simply evolved 
 that way, I don't know.

 I think many people have gotten used to the notion of a late night 
 bandleader as a sidekick, thanks to Paul Shaffer.  But I think that role 
 is 
 still pretty rare.  Max Weinberg was arguably a mix of Paul and Doc 
 Severinsen (still with us at 94), and The Roots are more like Batiste in 
 being active outside The Tonight Show.

 David


 On Sunday, April 3, 2022, 11:04:04 AM PDT, PGage  
 wrote: 


 Really nice piece. Wish them the best. I have been on the line (in our 
 case losing) the fight with fucking leukemia with a close family member. 
 Sucks. But then, we were not as relentlessly (sometimes obnoxiously?) 
 positive as Batiste.

 I am really into his “We Are” album (I will be shocked if he goes 0-fer 
 tonight) but as almost always with his non-Late Show work, wonder why that 
 guy does not show up with Colbert very often.

 On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 at 10:35 AM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <
 tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

 Mr. Batiste has 11 nominations at tonight's Grammys (he's also 
 scheduled to perform), but based on today's CBS Sunday morning piece, it 
 may not be what Stephen asks him about first on the next new Late Show.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS9TSxsA78c

 David



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Re: [TV orNotTV] "King Richard" attacks court jester at Oscars

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Suffice it to say, there's a lot going on under the surface here.

Not only do we have this: 
https://people.com/style/jada-pinkett-smith-dont-give-2-craps-what-people-think-of-bald-head-before-2022-oscars/,
 
I also read a long and informative Twitter thread this morning examining 
how slapping is a long-time Scientology technique used to maintain pecking 
order and discipline. Cruise doesn't go that far, but substitutes screaming 
and freezing out people.

Let's not let this shitshow distract us from the bigger message of the 
show: it was probably the worst Oscarcast in history, with truly terrible 
writing, the most inappropriate death reel imaginable (complete with a 
tribute to Betty White, whose cinematic legacy will last a lifetime), and 
Schumer in a Spider-Man suit and Hall feeling up actors substituting for 
virtually any mention of the honorary Oscars* and craft awards.

(*Squeezing those mentions into ten seconds at the ass-end of the show does 
not count.)

My only hope is that, in spite of the increased (though still crappy) 
ratings, this might be the beginning of the end for this idiotic spectacle.

--Dave Sikula



On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 9:07:49 PM UTC-7 PGage wrote:

> So Matt Belloni is reporting that Rock did not know about the Alopecia. 
> Combined with the report that the GI Jane joke was not in the script, Rock 
> starts to look better and better. Maybe still nicer and smarter not to make 
> a joke about a woman’s personal appearance, but not a case of knowingly 
> making a joke about her medical condition. So Rock is genuinely confused by 
> Smith’s overreaction.
>
> Belloni also reports that there actually were discussions about removing 
> Smith from the Hall during the commercial break, but they couldn’t make a 
> decision, in large part worried about the optics if he refused to go 
> willingly and they had images of white security guards dragging the biggest 
> Black movie star out of the building. And what would Denzel and Tyler Perry 
> have done?
>
> https://puck.news/author/matthew-belloni/
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 at 12:36 PM PGage  wrote:
>
>> So, it’s not clear to me that this “joke” went through that process. Rock 
>> seemed to have been given a few minutes to do some material before he 
>> announced the Documentary Award (already odd, since the show started with 
>> probably two too many comics as hosts). I doubt Rock was doing jokes 
>> written by show staff writers. During the first commercial break reports 
>> came out that the show Producers had released a statement that the 
>> interaction between Smith and Rock did not happen in rehearsal, which was 
>> their way of saying it was a real slap at a time when for many it still was 
>> not clear. But that does suggest that at least Rock did go through some 
>> sort of walk through or rehearsal the day before.
>>
>> I would like to find out if Rock had pre-written that GI Jane 2 joke in 
>> advance (cleared or not at the rehearsal), because it seemed to me that it 
>> was a more or less spontaneous riff he came up with in the moment, I 
>> suspect to strike the next (small) blow in what had been a bit of an 
>> ongoing feud. If true, this mitigates the crime IMO, as it makes it more 
>> likely he did not know or think about the Alopecia or Jada’s reflections on 
>> how emotionally painful it had been. Perhaps  he saw her when he came out, 
>> assumed it was a fashion statement, and hit her with what otherwise would 
>> be a minor blow. The first time Smith tells him to get Jada name out of his 
>> mouth (an unfortunate idiomatic choice, judging by the nasty jokes on my 
>> Twitter feed) Rock says: “it was just a GI Jane joke!”, and then appears to 
>> be about to add something before he thinks better of it. I imagined he was 
>> going to say something like: “Shit, if I I knew I was going to get slapped 
>> anyway I would have told one of my real jokes about her.”
>>
>> If he actually wrote the joke in advance, did it at rehearsal, had it 
>> cleared by what was widely and proudly referred to as the first Black 
>> production team in Oscar history, and nobody noticed or cared about the 
>> reason for her baldness, then the Dickish rating on the joke goes way up.
>>
>> On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 at 10:29 AM Kevin M.  wrote:
>>
>>> Can’t help but think that all these shows have writers… multiple 
>>> writers. And producers… multiple producers. They all approved the joke. The 
>>> sacred “Academy” approved the joke. Is Will Smith going to slap all of 
>>> them, too? Will he also slap hundred for initially laughing at the joke? 
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 8:12 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
>>> tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>
 Sue T has no clues, either... I'll give her till 5.25pm east, which is 
 after Steve starts taping on a normal day. B

 Mark Jeffries, to Brad Beam and PGage, March 28th:

> Comedy shows this weekend--hell, what about tonight!  Comcast is still 
> running 

Re: [TV orNotTV] Worst Film Nominated for Best Picture [Was:: Being The Ricardos

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

"Don't Look Up" is indeed terrible, but there have been lousy nominees 
aplenty over the years. I actually kind of like "Greatest Show;" it's not 
great, but once one gets a sense of DeMille's directing style (it's 
especially apparent in "The Ten Commandments," in that he never stopped 
directing silent pictures; he just added sound), it's tolerable. I've seen 
a lot of worse pictures that were supposed to be "important."

There are plenty of dogs that actually won. "Cimmaron" is generally ranked 
among the worst, but it's just dull, not bad. For sheer lousiness, though, 
it's hard to beat either "Cavalcade" or "How Green Was My Valley," though 
I'll stipulate that I don't like that one because I can't stand John Ford 
(especially "The Quiet Man").

As for McKay, the more films he does (and I liked "The Big Short"), the 
more obvious and smaller his bag of tricks becomes. I'm thinking 
particularly of "Don't Look Up," with its overripe "aren't we outrageous to 
tell truth to power this way?" vibe, but also the atrocious "Winning Time," 
about the Lakers. Too much talking to the camera, outright lies about 
people and events, and ramping everything up to eleven. Farrell (who would 
have been awful as Jerry Buss) should consider himself lucky that he got 
edged out.

--Dave Sikula

On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 8:41:16 PM UTC-7 PGage wrote:

> This is a much more difficult call than naming the best film ever 
> nominated for Best Picture (obviously, The Godfather). I did a quick Google 
> search and saw a lot of different nominees, some of which I thought were 
> ridiculous (I really liked JoJo Rabbit). It’s hard to go back in time to 
> judge just how bad old films were. I have seen “Greatest Show on Earth”, 
> and it’s not good, but I’ve seen Ivanhoe too and it’s not clear to me it is 
> that much better. Dr. Dolittle has been my go to worst Best Film nominee (I 
> hated it even as a kid in the demo when it came out). More recent films in 
> contention for me are Prince of Tides and Extremely Loud and Incredibly 
> Close.
>
> But I finally got around to watching “Don’t Look Up” this evening and, 
> wow, is it bad. It is basically a mediocre 4 min SNL sketch stretched to 2 
> hrs and 20 minutes. I don’t often agree with Sikula, but in this case he 
> has been understated in his criticism. I write this as a huge fan of Vice 
> and, especially “The Big Short”, which is one of my favorite films of the 
> last 25 years. DLU may not be the worst film ever nominated for Best 
> Picture, but if it’s not it is in the top three.
>
> I’m not that surprised the film stank; they took a big swing and whiffed. 
> It happens. I think it would have been a lot better had they played it 
> straight, as in Big Short, but it’s easy to say that after the fact. But I 
> am shocked it got nominated. Why did that happen? Who thinks this is a 
> great movie? Even if you thought it was sporadically amusing, like 
> Anchorman II, you can’t really think it is good. I laughed at one joke, 
> which paid off during the credits, and that might just have been relief 
> that it was finally over. 
>
> It strikes me that the thinking behind nominating this film is the same as 
> that behind nominating other stinkers like Green Book, Blind Side and The 
> Help. Lazy arm chair liberals mark it as somehow making a socially 
> significant point, and they want to pat themselves on the back for getting 
> behind it.
>
>
> On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 at 11:03 PM daves...@gmail.com 
>
>> Let me just say that, after enduring the grisly "Don't Look Up" tonight, 
>> I owe Mr. Sorkin an apology. McKay's effort (emphasis on the "effort") is 
>> so inept as to make Sorkins' look like a 30's Paramount comedy.
>>
>> --Dave Sikula
>>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Random “Picard” observation (no spoilers)

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Off-topic of Trek, but on the topic of "women past a certain age," I'd just 
like to give a shout-out to my dear friend and mentor, Lee Shallat Chemel. 
She's pushing 80 and parlayed her successful career as a theatre director 
into a longer career in television (thanks in part to Gary David Goldberg). 
She's been doing mostly sitcoms since 1984, was nominated for three Emmys, 
and just finished working on a series that is being picked up by Fox 
eventually. She was the main director on "The Middle" (which is why, in its 
last season, she cast me as a featured extra -- which took a Taft-Hartley 
exemption). I'm attaching an on-set photo of us, for those who can see it 
(with another friend who actually had lines). She was "only" 73 then.

--Dave Sikula



On Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 9:50:39 PM UTC-7 David Bruggeman wrote:

> I think she'll direct another episode this season, so maybe then?
>
> While I didn't know Thompson's directing resume, this makes a lot of 
> sense.  Given her husband's background, and the all-too-common decreasing 
> opportunities for women past a certain age, going behind the camera is a 
> viable option (if still a mostly-boys club).
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[TV orNotTV] Re: Mike Myers' new Netflix series casting

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Myers is one of the luckiest guys in the world: no perceptible talents, and 
he keeps getting opportunities beyond his capabilities. (See also "Fallon, 
Jimmy.")

--Dave Sikula

On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 7:39:42 AM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:

> Whatever he calls it, here's a preview: 
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mike-myers-netflix-trailer-1235112614/
>  (link)  
>B
>
> Moi, June 8th 2021:
>
>> Ken Jeong, Keegan-Michael Key, Debi Mazar, Richard McCabe, Jennifer 
>> Saunders and Lydia West all sign onto the multi-Myers-character laffer, but 
>> hey*, Variety*, sure it's not "The Pentav*i*rate?"
>>
>>
>> https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mike-myers-netflix-series-pentaverate-1234991200/
>>  (link)
>>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA was there!

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We were a KNXT family got a long time, but eventually moved over the KNBC 
for the duration. (My mother -loved- Snyder.)

The things that struck me for the longest time was that anchors and 
reporters tended to stay in Los Angeles, but moved from station to station 
(with some exceptions: Colleen Williams was still plugging away at KNBC the 
last time I was there [I think Paul Moyer was, too] and the talentless and 
humorless Fred Roggin and Fritz Coleman must have had blackmail material on 
someone, given their baffling ability to keep their seats).

--Dave Sikula

On Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 11:10:54 AM UTC-8 PGage wrote: 

> I forgot about Elvira on KHJ, we watched that too (I older than you, and 
> watching for more prurient interests no doubt). I know Dunphy moved around 
> too, but for me he is always associated with KNXT (“from the mountains to 
> the sea…” did he say that at KABC too?)
>
> My go to local newscasters were Tom Brokaw and Jess Marlow, and then of 
> course Tom Snyder.
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert showrunner off to CNN

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I generally either mute or FF through the cold opens (depends on if I'm 
watching live or delayed). They wouldn't be so egregious if a) they were 
funny (which they never will be while Stack is there) or b) they didn't 
repeat material in the monologue.

There are myriad problems with TLS, from the cold opening to the cutesy 
titles in the intro to the pre-tapes (both the bands and the Friday shows; 
I assume they tape those on Thursdays, but the monologue is occasionally 
timely enough to make me wonder just when it was done). The biggest ones, 
though, are the writing generally (I can't stand the minutes-long intros to 
the "Meanwhile" segment, though Colbert seems to love them) and Colbert's 
weakness as an interviewer: he constantly interrupts, steps on the guest's 
lines, and gets in the way. On Friday's show, Sam Waterston may have the 
best stories in the world, but he came off as an absolute stiff because 
Colbert had no idea of how to deal with him.

I don't mind the current events panels, since he generally defers to the 
guests, but the others are generally a mess. The show isn't as much of the 
train wreck Noah has turned TDS into, but it's not that much better.

--Dave Sikula

On Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 9:56:13 AM UTC-8 Mark Jeffries wrote:

> This would be the opportunity for Colbert to make changes that aren't 
> working--or do they really think those cold opens are working?  For the 
> most part, the audience response to them is not huge (and I'm assuming 
> they're not sweetening, especially since I think I'm pretty good at telling 
> what's real and what's canned, even if they aren't using Charley Douglass' 
> loops anymore).
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: IYC: Lindsay Lohan sets the record straight

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See also "CoHAN, George M."

--Dave Sikula

On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 5:14:05 AM UTC-8 Brad Beam wrote:

> *From:* tvor...@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvor...@googlegroups.com] *On 
> Behalf Of *Diner
>
> *>*In any event... "LO-en" is the original Irish pronunciation, and 
> "LO-han" is the Americanized pronunciation. 
>
>  
>
> Reaching out to CBS News' Conor Knighton (GW c/o 99) - "[Lowen]":
>
> https://twitter.com/conorknighton/status/1497103785172242434
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA was there!

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I remember Putnam at KTTV and KCOP, but not at KTLA, though I'll happily 
admit I'm wrong.

L.A.'s independent stations were a mixed bag, at best. KTTV probably had 
the best film library, but also had Ben Hunter (he who inspired Carson's 
Tea-Time Movie*) constantly selling you-finish A-frame homes. KHJ took 
occasional risks (I remember one week they devoted to 50s programming, 
complete with commercials, playing it straight-faced), and had the Million 
Dollar Movie and Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, and monster movies on the 
weekend. KCOP was hopeless, with seemingly no budgets for anything and the 
worst house-made local commercials. KTLA was somewhere in the middle, with 
reruns, a good film library (mainly Goldwyn and what movies Paramount 
hadn't sold to Universal), Tom Hatten, and great news broadcast (I thought 
Hal Fishman and Stan Chambers were immortal), all subject to the whims of 
Gene Autry.

(*Watching "Whew!" on Buzzr last week, they're finally up to the 
"celebrity" episodes and Carol Wayne was one of the guests. I was kind of 
surprised to see she really was that dim.)

--Dave Sikula

On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 5:59:40 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote:

> The article skips from 1964 to 1979, which is most of the interval of my 
> experience with KTLA (I left LA in 1987, and my memory begins around 1967). 
> For me they were the home of Dick Enberg and the Angels, and old movies to 
> watch occasionally when the three prime time networks failed.
>
> But I can’t believe any history of KTLA, no matter how cursory, can skip 
> over George Putnam (Ted Baxter).  I know he worked at most of the LA 
> independent stations, but for most of my childhood he was Channel 5. We 
> watched a lot of local news in my house, and LA had some pretty high 
> profile anchors in those days. We would never watch Putnam for news, but my 
> mother liked to hate-watch (she never knew that phrase but would have loved 
> it) him for 5-10 minutes a couples of days a week, and we always thought he 
> was a joke.
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Jerry Lewis accused of sexual misconduct by former co-stars

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I have little doubt that Lewis was capable of doing this stuff, but what 
doubt there is is due to the poisonous well from which the reports stem.

--Dave Sikula

On Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 1:57:31 PM UTC-8 Bob Jersey wrote:

> " Karen Sharpe, Renée Taylor and Hope Holiday all crossed paths with Lewis 
> when the comic was in his 30s and the biggest star at Paramount Pictures. 
> All three women are now telling their stories about how Lewis allegedly 
> mistreated them. "
>
> The complete autonomy he had over his movies, apparently also applied to 
> women, relayed the Dog Trainer from an original Vanity Fair story... 
>
>
> https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-02-23/jerry-lewis-sexual-misconduct-vanity-fair
>  (link)
>
> B
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: What won't be live at this year's Oscars®

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I've expressed my lack of use for awards shows in general, but a move like 
this shows that the Academy has as much of a clue of how to market their 
product as the people who run major league baseball.

The people who are desperate to watch movie stars assure each other how 
awesome they are should be able to see all of it, no matter how gruesome 
the spectacle.

--Dave Sikula

On Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 5:47:06 AM UTC-8 Bob Jersey wrote:

> "Documentary (Short Subject), Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music 
> (Original Score), Production Design, Short Film (Animated), Short Film 
> (Live Action), and Sound."
>
> They'll strive, as they should, to get the dang thing into the three-hour 
> window...
>
>
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-several-awards-wont-be-telecast-live-this-year-exclusive-1235097888/
>  (link)
>
> B
>

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Ex-Chief weighs in on the J! hosting situation

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He's the only one. She's awful, especially in her interactions with the 
contestants and her timing in cueing them to pick the next answer. Jennings 
is light years better.

I get the feeling the staff doesn't think much of her, either, especially 
given the outfits the stylists put her into.

--Dave Sikula

On Friday, February 18, 2022 at 1:56:27 PM UTC-8 David Bruggeman wrote:

> TL:DR, he's come around on Mayim.
>
>
> https://www.primetimer.com/barnhart/mayim-bialik-is-the-future-of-jeopardy?mc_cid=3f186cba62_eid=2ecf66baff
>
> David
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[TV orNotTV] Re: Yes, Virginia, there is a "Christmas Story" sequel

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I'm a fan of Shepherd, but that movie was really catching lightning in a 
bottle, unless one is a fan of such one-offs as "My Summer Story," "The 
Phantom of the Open Hearth," or "Olliie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss."

Hollywood has never been able to say no a terrible idea, though, so 
greenlighting this one was a no-brainer, in more senses than one.

--Dave Sikula

On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 2:23:22 PM UTC-8 Bob Jersey wrote:

> Yes, it's about a now-father-to-his-own-*keeds* Ralphie...
>
> Yes, it's headed to HBOmax...
>
> And yes, Randy, Scut, Flick and Schwartz will be in it too.
>
>
> https://deadline.com/2022/02/four-original-christmas-story-castmates-peter-billingsley-warner-bros-and-legendary-sequel-1234934050/
>  (link)
>
> B
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: 1883 vs. The Guilded Age

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In what will probably come as a shock for some here, I'm loving The Gilded 
Age. A good part of it is seeing really good New York actors given chances 
that usually go only to less-qualified Brits, some of it is the writing, 
and some of it is the period. With the exception of the Streep daughter, I 
find it a universally-strong ensemble. Coon is superb (it's impossible to 
imagine the inept Amanda Peet in that role), as is Baranski.

1883, on the other hand, I wouldn't watch if they shot twenty-dollar bills 
out of the teevee while it was on.

--Dave Sikula


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Re: [TV orNotTV] Oscar Nominations for Streamers

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Suffice it to say, Mr. Cumberbatch's performance is as interesting as his 
'Murcan accent sounds authentic, which is to say, not at all.

Campion is now the first woman to be nominated for Best Director twice, 
apparently for bamboozling studios into allowing her to make two of the 
dullest pictures in film history.

I'd rather watch the Ricardos again ...

--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 4:16:54 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote:

> Hottest Take: I have not yet seen “Dog”, but Cumberbatch will have to 
> deliver the performance of a lifetime to out due Denzel as Macbeth. I am no 
> expert, but I have seen the play, filmed and live, many many times, and he 
> made me feel like I was seeing it for the first time. A month after seeing 
> it I find myself thinking about it again and again.
>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: “You and have Joe Rogan or Neil Young, but not both”

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I used to be a big fan of Stewart, but even in those TDS days, he 
constantly tried to both-sides almost everything. This is just the latest 
step in that evolution.

--Dave Sikula

On Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 2:51:12 PM UTC-8 steve...@gmail.com wrote:

> Jon Stewart sides with Joe Rogan.
>
>
> https://www.rawstory.com/jon-stewart-backs-joe-rogan-as-musicians-continue-to-leave-spotify-this-overreaction-is-a-mistake/
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 1:25 PM PGage  wrote:
>
>> This is such a stinking pile of bullshit.
>>
>> A. It is very unlikely that he will do even the almost microscopically 
>> small steps he promises to take here.
>>
>> B. This is not a case of a one man shop inadvertently putting dangerous 
>> material out there. He has been told over and over by ,any experts the 
>> information is false and dangerous, and has shown glee in disregarding 
>> them. If he was inviting Pro Nazi guests (and, I don’t assume that he has 
>> not been) and got spanked by Spotify for tanking their share value while 
>> they pay him a shit load of cash, it would certainly not be acceptable to 
>> vaguely promise to get Nazis who dress better and to invite some non Nazi 
>> guests after them.
>>
>> C. I am not in favor of banning people like Rogan from social media and 
>> network sites, unless they meet some specific “shouting fire in a crowded 
>> theater” criteria. While there is real choice between Neil and Joni on the 
>> one hand and Rogan on the other, I do wish that those speaking out against 
>> things like COVID and Voting and Election Misinformation would be more 
>> specific and precise when calling for mis-informers to be banned, citing 
>> what really must be extreme cases that meet rare criteria.
>>
>> On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 at 12:44 PM Kevin M.  wrote:
>>
>>> Rogan semi-apologized… claims he’ll book better guests and get better 
>>> informed on topics he babbles about. I have my doubts.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/31/joe-rogan-apologizes-to-spotify-and-musicians.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 6:12 PM Kevin M.  wrote:
>>>
 Neil Young orders Spotify to remove his music until they get rid of all 
 the anti-vax garbage on the streaming service.

 https://twitter.com/rollingstone/status/1485757517523308548?s=21

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon test positive for COVID-19 : Coronavirus Updates : NPR

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We're heading to New York next week (!) to see a bunch of plays (!!)

Here's hoping we come out alive. (We're both triple-vaxxed.)

--Dave Sikula

On Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 2:06:11 PM UTC-8 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:

> “Picard” shuts down production as a staggering 50 (!!!) crew members test 
> positive.
>
>
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/star-trek-picard-positive-covid-production-omicron-1235070987/
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 7:47 PM Kevin M.  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 7:33 PM PGage  wrote:
>>
>>> We are rapidly approaching the point where not getting diagnosed with 
>>> COVID will be the story…
>>>
>>
>> Right now, there is no way to exist in a group setting without the 
>> reality that Covid is a part of the group. School, work, or play… the 
>> Omicron variant is there. It struck our family on Christmas (ironically 
>> before any gatherings could occur), my wife’s workplace is dealing with 
>> multiple cases, and the people I know who work in hospitals are all saying 
>> the worst is still to come. 
>>
>> But, hey, let’s all gather and put on a TV show! NBC… let’s all be there!
>>
>>
>>> On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 at 5:03 PM Steve Timko  wrote:
>>>

 https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2022/01/04/1070349245/jimmy-fallon-seth-meyers-covid
  

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