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Television and Kids
I saw an advertisement recently for a new DVD of Looney Tunes. These were the best cartoons of my childhood and we also had some great TV shows to watch, Gilligans Island, Hogan Heroes, The Brady Bunch and Andy Griffith just to name a few.
It is so different now for my kids, there are entire channels devoted to the kids. The major channels that I am familiar with are the Cartoon Network and Disney Channel. Disney has a revolving door of shows and stars it has created over time and they just kept creating more.
American Dragon: Jake Long
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US Christmas television special
In American television, a Christmas television special is typically a one-time, half-hour program aired during the Christmas season. Some are extended episodes of currently running television series featuring the regular characters dealing with Christmas. Some specials are of a more variety show nature, featuring celebrities and/or singers and musical numbers and short skits. Many are animated cartoon productions aimed at children, intended to be outgrown by one generation and picked up
Twilight Movie Review – Screaming Teenager Warning!
Everyone is talking about the new movie Twilight based on the best-selling book written by Stephenie Meyer with the same title. The book has been described as hypnotic, a dreamy prose that perfectly encapsulates the teenage feeling of sexual tension and alienation. “Twilight” will probably be a huge disappointment to those expecting a horror film, a lot of good special effects, a kinky, sexual vampire picture or any combination of the above. More time during this movie is spent talking about
Thanks Moose!
Moose is calling it a career.The biggest question around the blogosphere and MSM today is "Is Moose a Hall Of Famer?" Personally, I have wavered on this. Was he ever THAT guy, the truly dominant pitcher of his era? Well, maybe back in his Baltimore days and maybe a bit in his earlier Yankee days, but generally speaking, no he wasn't.But what really got me leaning towards answering that question with a "yes" was the fact that he spent his entire career in the AL East through what will go down in
Ignorance Is Not A Virtue
Technology is good. Computer illiteracy is bad. A dear friend recently sent me an article from Alabama's The Huntsville Times. I think my friend was trying to suggest that too much TV for kids can be a bad thing, which I agree with. But because the article is so painfully misguided, I felt the need to respond. Unfortunately (and ironically), the article is not online, so I scanned and OCR-ed it (you know, with computers). Here it is in its entirety. Beware. Reading it may give you an aneuris
Who do you look like on TV?
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Retail Adventures and Comfort TV
Let’s start this one with a little experiment… I’d like to test the power of persuasion, and will need your field reports to gauge the success of it. Ready? OK… You have to pee. Think about it for a second, really stop and think. You need to pee. Did it work? Let me know in the comments, and thanks for your dedication to scientific research. Remember how I recently went ’round and ’round with a “well-known electronics chain?” If not, you can read about it here. In a nutshell the stor
All I Want For Christmas…
With the latest crop of DVD sets heading to retailers this season, there’s no excuse not to find a gift for even the most discriminating taste. Topping the list for a must-have for any Sci-Fi fan is the latest Star Trek box set: Star Trek: The Orignal Series Remastered Season 1-3. Twenty-five discs, this set contains every episode produced, all digitally remastered with enhanced visual effects. Although I never was a huge fan to begin with, I can’t help but awe at how well this set turned o
THE BIG BANG THEORY: The Best Sitcom On TV
We went through an era recently where TV far surpassed films, as far as quality goes. That era seems to be over. Presently, I’m watching fewer shows than at any time in probably the past thirty years. There are only a few shows I really care about. There are nights when there is nothing on TV. THE OFFICE is still the best show on TV, but other than that, there is a steep decline. There is one truly great comedy though, THE BIG BANG THEORY. I really think that this has the potential to play i
How Cereal Transformed American Culture
An outstanding, short piece from Mental Floss magazine on the history of cereal, children's cereal and advertising: How Cereal Transformed American Culture An excerpt on Leo Burnett and television advertising: Television took advertising for sugar cereals to a new level, and the master of the new medium was an ad man named Leo Burnett. He invented TV programs specifically designed to entertain children and sell Kellogg’s products. Much like Skippy a decade before, Burnett’s characters would
This Week in Yankee History (11/16-11/22)
November 16th - November 22nd November 16th 1883 - Former Yankees INF/P Rollie “Bunions” Zeider (1903) was born. On June 1,1913, Rollie was traded by the White Sox along with 1B Babe Borton to the Yankees for 1B Hal Chase. Rollie hit .233 in 50 games for the Yankees. Before the 1914 AL Season, Rollie jumped from the Yankees to the Chicago Chi-Feds of the Federal League. 1950 - Yankees drafted P Bob Muncrief (1951) from the Cubs organization. Bob went 0-0 in 2 games with the Yankees in 1951.
SHANIA TWAIN MAKES APPEARANCE AT CMA AWARDS VIDEO | CMA AWARDS PHOTOS CARRIE UNDERWOOD, MILEY CYRUS, KELLY PICKLER,TAYLOR SWIFT, NICOLE KIDMAN
Shania Twain made her first major public appearance after she was dumped by her husband at the CMA Awards. People reported that Shania Twain's divorce from music producer Robert "Mutt" Lange was caused by an affair he had with Shania's best friend. Shania looked beautiful and got a standing ovation from the crowd who applauded for the country star. Keep your head up girl! Click here for more photos from the CMA Awards. Kenny Chesney won his fourth entertainer of the year award — tyi
TV Review: Knight Rider 1.7 - I Wanna Rock and Roll All Knight
Knight Rider, NBC, Airs Wednesday 8/7c Episode: “I Wanna Rock and Roll All Knight” (Season 1, Episode 7) Synopsis: Mike, Kitt, and Sarah must stop a pair of young eco-terrorists from I Wanna Rock and Roll All Knight are you kidding me?! I mean, really, are you just trying to be assholes, Knight Rider writers?! Review: I think we can gain keen insight into the minds behind this weekly abomination by deconstructing an exchange between Billy and Zoe that occurs in this week’s episode. As you kn
Before She Was a TV Star
Here's a quick look at a few actresses before they hit the big time on TV.Jan Smithers (Bailey Quarters from "WKRP in Cincinnati") was featured on the cover of Newsweek before she had even gotten into show business. She was a "nobody" who just happened to land on a widely circulated magazine's cover by virtue of being at the right place at the right time.After Jayne Mansfield turned down the part of Ginger Grant on "Gilligan's Island" it went to Tina Louise. Louise had done pinup work for Playbo
Best Ron Howard Movies
Opie came a long way from Mayberry. From his child star days on The Andy Griffith Show, Ron Howard went on to become one of Hollywood’s most talented (and bankable) directors, a second career he has carried well into a third decade. Next up: Frost/Nixon, due this Christmas. In the meantime, here’s a list of some of Howard’s more memorable behind-the-camera achievements: Night Shift (1982): Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton turn the city morgue into a lively place of business. Splash (1984):
42nd Country Music Awards (CMA) 2008 Winners
The 42nd Country Music Awards (CMA) 2008 awards night was held at Sommet Center in Nashville. And the list of winners are here, I hope you like the CMA winners coz personally I don’t like the list. ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Kenny Chesney MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Brad Paisley FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Carrie Underwood VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR Rascal Flatts VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR Sugarland NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR Lady Antebellum ALBUM OF THE YEAR “Troubadour” George Strait
The Many Faces Of Kellie Dill Pickler At Last Night’s CMA’s.
All you honky-tonkin’ fans who tuned into the biggest night in country music last night KNOW that it was a night full of not-so-many-surprises. Although, by pure observation, adding Kellie Pickler to the country music mix sure adds a trashy appeal that I never thought I would see in the genre in MY LIFETIME. Anypushupbraandplasticsurgery… Kenny Chesney took home his third straight “Entertainer of the Year” trophy, while Carrie Underwood took the Best Female Artist award. Too bad Jessica Simp
Sugarland, Chesney: Country Music Award Winners (Complete List)
The stars were out in Nashville last night for the 42nd Annual Country Music Awards and both hosts (Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley) took home prizes. Top New Female Vocalist: Taylor Swift Top New Male Vocalist: Jack Ingram Top Female Vocalist: Carrie Underwood Top Male Vocalist: Brad Paisley Top New Group: Lady Antebellum Song of the Year: ‘Stay’ Sugarland Entertainer of Year: Kenny Chesney Album of the year: Miranda Lambert ‘Crazy Ex-girlfriend’ Single of the Year (Award goes to
42nd Country Music Awards - 2008 Winners
American Idol winner Carrie Underwood won Female Vocalist of the Year for the third time in the 2008 Country Music Awards Wednesday night at the Sommet Center in Nashville. The winners of “The 42nd Annual CMA Awards” are: ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Kenny Chesney MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Brad Paisley FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Carrie Underwood VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR Rascal Flatts VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR Sugarland NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR Lady Antebellum ALBUM OF THE YEAR “Troubadour”
The Name Game
Jump to Comments Everyone wants to know if this bambino in the belly is a boy or a girl. We won’t know until around Christmas. What a bummer. But I have my thoughts on the subject, with or without an ultrasound. I have never had very good intuition and I’m not very “in tune” with my body, so I seriously doubted that I would be one of those people who just knew the sex of the baby. But I think I might. Since I have been pregnant, whenever I picture the baby or talk about the baby or look at
It Just Won’t Die
November 13, 2008 View Poll The election that would not die. So, what is the deal with this past election? It seems people that, under other circumstances, weren’t nasty or vehement or uppity about their political positions, now are. Those who normally carried on with quiet confidence and were persons of joy with which to converse, even if only by comment exchange, have become venomous. All right, that’s not fair. Not everyone. I’m speaking in particular of that said-same acquaintance of whic
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