Name: Tony Figueroa
Dateline: Hollywood, CA
Weblog: childoftelevision.blogspot.com [RSS]
Articles: 104
First Published: Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Last Published: Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Currently listing articles 104-51:
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FCC To Charge ABC Television 1.4 Million Dollars For Charlotte Ross's Buttocks— If Charlotte Ross’ naked buttocks are titillating, then is not the mind also a sex organ?
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The Writers' Strike: A Blogger’s Perspective— TV bloggers are doing the important work of getting the word out about the WGA strike.
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TV Review: Never Judge A Show by Its Pilot - Cavemen— Cavemen attempts to poke fun at the way people treat minorities by creating a fake minority.
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TV Review: Never Judge A Show By Its Pilot - Reaper— The best way to describe the show is Maynard G. Crebs from Dobie Gillis meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a hint of Ghost Busters.
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TV Review: Never Judge A Show by Its Pilot - Moonlight— The premise itself is like a vampire. It won't die and it keeps coming back.
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TV Review: Never Judge A Show by Its Pilot - Bionic Woman— Realistically I can’t expect the same magic that I felt as a child, but I’m expecting to see something really cool.
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TV Review: Never Judge A Show by Its Pilot - Journeyman— The problem I see with many time travel TV shows and movies is that the audience tends to over-think everything.
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TV Review: Never Judge A Show By Its Pilot - Cane— Unlike J.R. Ewing, Alex Vega does not mind getting his hands dirty.
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TV Review: Never Judge A Show By Its Pilot - The Big Bang Theory— The bottom line here is that really rich geeks get the really hot girls and the rest of the geeks meet girls with really nice
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TV Review: Never Judge A Show By Its Pilot - Chuck— I don’t see this guy needing his sister’s help getting laid.
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TV Review: Never Judge A Show by Its Pilot - K-Ville— The creators of the show have an opportunity and perhaps even a responsibility to use their craft to show us the real world of the
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Don Herbert, Mr. Wizard: 1917-2007— Science is about the real world around us and it's filled with fascinating wonders...
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Algebra, Role Models, and Paris Hilton— The way I see it there are no good or bad role models.
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The Late Great Studio 60: TV and Middle America— Every fall we still see new “behind the scenes” shows. Some of these shows hit and others miss.
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Let's Play the Feud: A Look at the O'Donnell/Hasselbeck Fight— We saw on TV two professional communicators who chose to hit below the belt.
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Never Judge a Show by Its Pilot: Thank God You’re Here— Actually Jennifer Coolidge comes from the school of comedy that comedians say funny things and improv actors say things funny
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TV Review: Never Judge a Show by it’s Pilot - Raines— The vision starts out as two-dimensional character and as Raines learns more about her she develops more layers.
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TV Review: Never Judge A Show By Its Pilot - Andy Barker PI— Andy Barker PI has the elements that I like in a comedy - good writing, good acting and most importantly, it is funny.
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Never Judge A Show By Its Pilot: The ½ Hour News Hour— After all the idea of the FOX News Channel doing a fake news show with a conservative slant is already redundant.
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Remembering John Randolph— Even though John is no longer with us, I still see him often when I channel surf.
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Fallen Idol— This is when you and the other American Idol judges lowered yourselves to the level of Howard Stern.
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The Parents Television Council’s Study of Entertainment and Religion: A Perspective— Isn’t it great that we live in a country where an artist can depict God in whatever medium he chooses?
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Thoughts on Michael Richards From A Fellow Stand-Up Comedian— Sadly, it looks like comedy clubs are less like comedy clubs and more like factories.
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TV Review: 30 Rock— ... a show that should be appealing to anyone who has worked for a big corporation and has used the words "management" and "idiots" in
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A Tale of Two Veggies— The views expressed by these talking vegetables do not necessarily express the views of the National Broadcasting Company.
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TV Review: Jericho— I wonder how those who don't remember the Cold War will relate to Jericho.
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TV Review: Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip— Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme are back, and people should be talking.
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TV Review: The Class— I think that an audience may fall in love with the characters over time, but don’t see the network giving them that time.
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My First Laugh Post 9/11— I became Mary Tyler Moore at Chuckles the Clown’s funeral.
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TV Review: Never Judge A Show By Its Pilot - Psych— Holmes and Watson, but without the fog.
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John Belushi, Chris Farley, and Me
— Other kids had rock stars on their walls. I had a picture of the "Not Ready for Primetime Players."
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Reflections on Hogan's Heroes— Due to its portrayal of Nazis, it suffered more criticism than most sitcoms from that time period.
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Farewell to The West Wing: Confessions of a Wingnut, Part 2— ...
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Stephen Colbert Is Funny
— I am still hearing rumblings about Stephen Colbert's keynote speech at the White House Correspondents Association dinner.
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Thoughts on Dateline’s “To Catch a Predator”— Dateline NBC has an ongoing series of reports where they trap sexual predators searching the Internet for underage teen sex.
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Chico, Don't Be Discouraged— Many stars left too early and are gaining fans not yet born when they were alive, giving them immortality. Freddie Prinze should be one.
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TV Review: The 2006 TV Land Awards— As defined, "classic" means having lasting significance or worth.
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If I Didn't Care: Appreciating Sanford and Son— And would I be sure that this is love beyond compare? Would all this be true if I didn't care for you?
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The Rule of Three: Don Knotts, Darren McGavin and Dennis Weaver— As a Child of Television, I am saddened to be writing so many eulogies ...
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In Memoriam: Don Knotts— Many people consider Barney Fife to be the greatest comedic character in the history of television.
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I'm Immune To Olympic Fever— I’m sorry but I could really care less about the Winter Olympics this year.
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My Entertainment Shows RANT— Maybe I'm just getting old (I turned 41 on Monday), but I have a bone to pick with some of the Entertainment News shows.
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Introducing The Shatner Award— ...
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Confessions of a Wingnut: Some Thoughts on The West Wing
— This is what I'd like to see happen in the remaining episodes.
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Addictive Television— There was a time in television history when the drunk character’s sole job was to provide comic relief.
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TV Review: The Book of Daniel - Never Judge a Show by Its Pilot:— The best part of the show is the character of Jesus, who is a constant companion to Daniel in times of trouble or temptation.
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Do Comedians Have A Point Of View?— David Letterman takes on Bill O'Reilly, and other tales from the twilight zone of comedy
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Happy 2006— ...
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A Very Child of Television Christmas— As a child I always looked forward to all the holiday specials. These shows were all mandatory family viewing in our house.
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A Very Child Of Television Christmas
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My Honorable Mention Additions to “TV Guide and TV Land Present the 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments”— ...
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Peace on Earth— ...
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Happy 40th Anniversary Charlie Brown
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TV Review: The West Wing: Live— I'd like to see The West Wing do another live show soon.
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