Re: Amy's Bakery I had to go to the front page and search. There is also an article about deportation of Amy's personnel.
Mark On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 11:33 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/topics > > - Amazon Deal of the Day: "The West Wing: The Complete Series > Collection" on DVD <#13ed72c41086d369_group_thread_0> [1 Update] > - Denver Fox's oops. <#13ed72c41086d369_group_thread_1> [2 Updates] > - So long, Steve Forrest <#13ed72c41086d369_group_thread_2> [1 Update] > - No More 'Intervention' <#13ed72c41086d369_group_thread_3> [1 Update] > - NotTV: Two old Chicago radio buds together > again<#13ed72c41086d369_group_thread_4>[1 Update] > - Piers' tell-all book about CNN <#13ed72c41086d369_group_thread_5> [2 > Updates] > - [ADMIN] Digest problems <#13ed72c41086d369_group_thread_6> [1 Update] > - Amy's Baking Co. Continues to Say FU to Chef Ramsay (Without > Success)<#13ed72c41086d369_group_thread_7>[6 Updates] > - So long, Lawrence Haddon <#13ed72c41086d369_group_thread_8> [1 > Update] > - Facing death from cancer, Sam Simon still has his sense of > humor<#13ed72c41086d369_group_thread_9>[2 Updates] > - Maureen Dowd on the networks: "Serving Up > Schlock"<#13ed72c41086d369_group_thread_10>[6 Updates] > - Tonys on CBS for Five More Years <#13ed72c41086d369_group_thread_11>[1 > Update] > > Amazon Deal of the Day: "The West Wing: The Complete Series Collection" > on DVD <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/5d3eba04cabfc969> > > Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> May 24 07:03AM -0700 > > $79.99, today only. the 'zon< > > http://www.amazon.com/The-West-Wing-Complete-Collection/dp/B000HC2LI0/ref=xs_gb_A341JLIHZEZ37B?pf_rd_p=441937901&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_i=20&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1HW59G7304H4EYTV2NDK> > > -- B. > > > > Denver Fox's > oops.<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/5217d3dfee8407cc> > > <[email protected]> May 23 03:53PM -0400 > > 1) Conglomerate stations (ahem, Local TV) > > 2) Cut news gathering operations. > > 3) ... > > 4) PROFIT! > > > > http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/kdvr-admits-report-on-man-mistaken-for-terrorist-was-an-elaborate-but-false-story_b91333 > > ~D > > > > > Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> May 23 03:26PM -0500 > > Doesn't Randy Michaels still have an interest in that company? At least > you can't blame Ailes on this one--this time. > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > [email protected] > > > > > > So long, Steve > Forrest<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/bc5307a4c74b2ace> > > Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> May 23 12:26PM -0700 > > Long career in film and telly (Dana Andrews was his brother), notably > as a > heavy in Western series, also a fairly good golfer, but will always be > known as the commander of ABC's *S.W.A.T.* > > Last weekend in CA; 87. > > THR< > http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/swat-star-steve-forrest-dies-534934 > > > > -- B. > > > > No More > 'Intervention'<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/5da473177245afce> > > Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> May 23 11:10AM -0700 > > The A&E series will air up five final episodes starting June 13 after > eight > years, 243 episodes, and 156 of the show's subjects still clean and > sober--as Andy Denhart points out, this is a good example of a reality > show > that truly is reality, but I guess A&E finds the (allegedly) staged > "Storage Wars" and soft-scripted "Duck Dynasty" more to their liking > these > days: > > > > http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/intervention/2013_May_23_cancelled > > > > NotTV: Two old Chicago radio buds together > again<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/b0277859888cb125> > > Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> May 23 09:35AM -0700 > > The Trib reports< > > http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-wgn-general-manager-20130523,0,1461444.story>its > longtime sister WGN AM720 will introduce Jimmy De Castro as its new > general manager, reuniting him with onetime WLUP protégé Larry Wert, > now > Trib's local-b'casting boss, to say nothing of Loop alums e.g. Jon > Brandmeier and Garry Meier... -- B. > > > > Piers' tell-all book about > CNN<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/d948d17b5aec7602> > > Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> May 23 08:10AM -0700 > > He's apparently been keeping a diary of his experiences at the > network, > which he'll transfer to bound form for release in October... Politico< > > http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/piers-morgan-cnn-book-91743.html?hp=r7 > > > > -- B. > > > > > Adam Bowie <[email protected]> May 23 04:28PM +0100 > > He's written this kind of book before based on his time as a tabloid > reporter and editor. > > Indeed "The Insider" was the book that got him in all kinds of trouble > since it sort of suggested that he knew all about so-called > phone-hacking > when he's claimed all along that he knows nothing about it. > > His previous book has also been a little "free" with the factual > accuracy. > Certainly the suggestion seems to be that rather than keeping an actual > diary, he re-imagined what his diary might have looked like. Hence > dates > and times are wrong etc. > > I didn't read his tabloid book as I find the man odious. That said, it > is > supposed to be good fun. So who knows how his CNN book will end up. > > > > Adam > > > > > > [ADMIN] Digest > problems<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/345515117ce2a425> > > JW <[email protected]> May 23 07:36AM -0400 > > No digest has arrived since May 19, and a look at the Google Groups > site shows a fair amount of activity on the list since then. As > always, thanks for whatever help anyone can provide. > > > > Amy's Baking Co. Continues to Say FU to Chef Ramsay (Without > Success)<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/1582b2bc0319983a> > > Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> May 22 11:56AM -0700 > > In case you haven't followed this, a Scottsdale, AZ restaurant that > Gordon > Ramsay walked away from in the May 10 season finale of "Kitchen > Nightmares" > after a case of severe delusion from the owners (un-hyped up and > overstated > by the producers, unlike a lot of the cases on the U.S. version of the > series) has been trying to recover from the bad social media publicity > that > followed the telecast, but--just read this--the whole thing is > astounding: > > > > http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/dining/articles/20130521amys-baking-company-owner-deportation.html?nclick_check=1 > > In case you're wondering, the restaurant owners had applied to go on > "Kitchen Nightmares" in the hopes that Ramsay would disagree with the > bad > reviews they'd already received and find them the first restaurant in > either the U.S. or UK versions that didn't need his help. Dey don't > know > him vewwy well, do dey? > > > > > Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> May 22 01:28PM -0700 > > Firefox: > > Cookies must be enabled to view articles on azcentral.com. > > Internet Exploder: > > Your free trial has ended. Please pay for a digital subscription. > > Chrome: > > Their attorney, David Asser: “I didn’t know they were going to go on > (the > show)." > > -- BOB > > > > > Jon Delfin <[email protected]> May 22 04:31PM -0400 > > This worked for me, from the azcentral.com front page: > > > > http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/dining/articles/20130521amys-baking-company-owner-deportation.html?nclick_check=1 > > > > > > > Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> May 22 01:34PM -0700 > > It's called, I periodically see pages from there linked in Google News > articles. Soft paywalls are what they are. -- B. > > > > > Joe Hass <[email protected]> May 22 03:35PM -0500 > > Remove everything past the ? and it should work in Chrome: > > > > http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/dining/articles/20130521amys-baking-company-owner-deportation.html > < > > http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/dining/articles/20130521amys-baking-company-owner-deportation.html?nclick_check=1 > > > > > > > Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> May 22 01:59PM -0700 > > Joe Hass wrote: > > > Remove everything past the ? and it should work in Chrome: > > Note the last part of my first response. Dad J got it on a > recommendation > from a penny-auction site. -- B. > > > > So long, Lawrence > Haddon<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/cdebea3e4675cfae> > > Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> May 22 01:33PM -0700 > > One of the first nonstereotypical gay characters on the telly, > famously > seen on *Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman* kissing his male neighbor... also > JR's > banker in the original *Dallas*, among a slew of TV and film roles. In > Santa Monica May 10th; 90. THR< > > http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actor-laurence-haddon-dallas-mary-hartman-526232 > > > > -- BOB > > > > Facing death from cancer, Sam Simon still has his sense of > humor<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/9b159dba94e624e7> > > Steve Timko <[email protected]> May 22 11:47AM -0700 > > Sam Simon was diagnosed about six months with terminal cancer and was > given > three to six months to live. He doesn't say specifically what kind of > cancer in his WTF interview with Marc Maron, but says it has gone > through > all of his organs. > For a man facing death, Simon is going out with humor. He has great > stories > about trying to get medical marijuana and candidly says he is getting > honors because he writes checks for donations. > He also says he doesn't think much of "The Simpsons" today, but if he > was > told he had to watch it to cash his royalty checks, he would. He > started > working for Filmation studio and said the most valuable lesson he > learned > there is to come up with a storyline that can be easily described. > All in all, it's a pretty good listen. > http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_389_-_sam_simon > > > > > David Bruggeman <[email protected]> May 22 02:55PM -0400 > > Let me heartily second the recommendation. > > David > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > Maureen Dowd on the networks: "Serving Up > Schlock"<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/f8c815b8fe179602> > > Diner <[email protected]> May 22 10:03AM -0700 > > "Rod Serling had more originality on a sick day than all the networks’ > high-priced talent combined." > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/opinion/dowd-serving-up-schlock.html > > -Tim > > > > > Tom Wolper <[email protected]> May 22 01:36PM -0400 > > > > "Rod Serling had more originality on a sick day than all the > networks’ > > high-priced talent combined." > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/opinion/dowd-serving-up-schlock.html > > Now that Twilight Zone runs every day on MeTV we can put that to the > test. > And we find out, like any classic long-running series, there were a few > classic episodes over the years and lots and lots of mediocre episodes. > Serling liked to do little morality plays and they always related to > the > shallowest sort of morality. He doesn't get deep into characters and > their > desires and there is no complexity in the stories. > > As for Dowd, comparing network and cable series without acknowledging > the > difference in their models makes her comments irrelevant. There was a > period when the networks would try to bring a successful cable concept > to > the network and they would fail. The series Kingpin, which was trying > to > emulate The Sopranos, comes to mind. > > Her snark regarding upcoming series is also unnecessary. It's one > thing to > criticize a network after a series airs and doesn't find an audience, > it's > another to criticize them before their series air. > > > > > Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> May 22 01:20PM -0500 > > It's the NY Times equivalent to those people who post YouTube comments > on > any and all clips or episodes of anything over 25 years old moaning > about > how much better things were in the good old days--even if it's frickin' > "Mike Stokey's Pantomime Quiz." (Not to mention the "Nickelodeon sucks > today" or "MTV sucks today" posts--YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THE TARGET > AUDIENCE FOR > THOSE CHANNELS IN DECADES! Excuse me.) > > In fact, the difference now is that cult tastes do have other places to > flower when they didn't in the old days (unless they had a sugar daddy > sponsor and an expendable time slot for the network like in the single > sponsor days). Most of the critically acclaimed and successful cable > series would've been pulled after three episodes on an OTA network, > then or > now. > > And when did Maureen Dowd become a teabagger? > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > [email protected] > > > > > > > Jon Delfin <[email protected]> May 22 02:26PM -0400 > > Please stop paying attention to Maureen Dowd. > > > > > > > Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> May 22 01:39PM -0500 > > I normally don't unless somebody points me to her. > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > [email protected] > > > > > > > <[email protected]> May 22 02:40PM -0400 > > > And when did Maureen Dowd become a teabagger? > > She didn't become a teabagger, she was a teabagger then. She just > didn't have someone to be a teabagger with. > > I play Chris Rock in attack mode and end my turn. > > ~D > > > > Tonys on CBS for Five More > Years<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/1052d4f8a6eeba8a> > > Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> May 22 10:56AM -0700 > > Considering that they seem ratings problems with it every year, a > little > surprising (and not to mention that the denizens of Broadway World and > All > That Chat will continue to be unhappy about the untelevised awards and > the > rush to get off by 11)--but I guess as long as NPH wants to host it: > > > > http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/cbs-inks-deal-tony-awards-through-2018-93151 > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group > tvornottv. > You can post via email <[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, > send<[email protected]>an empty message. > For more options, visit <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/topics>this > group. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... 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