The Remote Patrol for March 20, 2009 by Thomas Allen Heald, Still bald for Children's Cancer Research All times Eastern, for PBS programs, check local listings
TOM'S TOTALLY TWISTED TV TRIVIA THINGY "HAVE YOU TAUGHT YOUR PET TO DO SOMETHING ODD? Late Night with David Letterman on NBC will feature pets who have been trained to do unusual things. Pets must be amateur & owners must be willing to appear w/ them at auditions & on the show," read the initial classified ad in the New York Times. What did the first featured pet do? A) Fetched its owner beer B) Jumped rope C) Played basketball D) Played guitar E) Sneezed The answer when next we meet. Or not. --- 8 p.m. The submarine in the future endangers the psychic cat who can predict death on "TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES" (Fox). "W.W.E. SMACKDOWN" (MyNetwork TV) celebrates 500th scripted episodes. 9 p.m. Echo is the perfect date for Patton Oswalt on "DOLLHOUSE" (Fox). Yes, he is insanely rich. Dad blows the college fund on "FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS" (NBC). I have a message... the "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA" (Sci Fi) was shot down over the sea of Japan... it spun in... there were no survivors. "PULLING" (Sundance) returns with the girls preparing to go wild to obtain some sex in the city. 10 p.m. Alexandra Wentworth returns to fight the Goode fight as the "HEAD CASE" (Starz) treating Macy Gray, Janeane Garofalo, Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott. 10:30 p.m. TELE-GEBRA "Friends" + "Top Chef" = "PARTY DOWN" (Starz) TALK TALK * Tavis gets tapped by Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, and Michael McKean. * Madeleine Albright, Keith Olbermann, Kerry Washington, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Andrew Ross Sorkin make Real Time for Bill Maher. * Jay sounds off with Seth Rogen, Guy Fieri, and Chris Cornell. * Jimmy Kimmel ogles girl Portia de Rossi, girl Melissa Rycroft, and non girls Motley Crue. * Jimmy Fallon's grandfather has a T in his first name with Jason Segel, the Amazing Kreskin, Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson. * Carson time travels with Masi Oka and the Duke Spirit. QUESTIONABLE ANSWERS This show's theme song is known as "Temptation Sensation." Name it. "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" uses that particular piece of stock music. --- CORRECTION: Our story on on apathy contained error. Whatever. --- But the conversation has just begun, add your own suggestions or discuss mine on the "TV or Not TV" Google list or at tvornottv.net. "The Remote Patrol" is copyright© 2008 Thomas Allen Heald and Gigantic Rear Projection, Ltd., a division of Haslenald, Inc. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
