Friday , May 10 2024

Tag Archives: Television

Video Mods – Um?

Okay, as a non-video game player and music video skeptic I am not the target audience for this, but am I insane to think this is the most pointless, pandering nonsense in the history of pointless pandering nonsense? Do we need remade versions of videos with the characters and environments …

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CMA Nominees

In addition to CBS, which will broadcast the awards, I am certain there are several of people who care about the Country Music Association Awards: Brooks & Dunn To Host 2004 CMA Awards With Special Guests Including Shania Twain Country Icon Kris Kristofferson And Industry Veteran Jim Foglesong To Be …

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Athens Olympics 2004: The End

We watched the Athens Olympics every night for over two weeks, and It Was Good. I viewed the Games at a strange remove having been there in person for the previous five, and while TV can give a scope and comprehensiveness not possible in person (unless you have a jet-pack) …

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So Long Scotty

I loved Star Trek as a kid and watched it faithfully in the original run from ’66-’69 (can it really be that long ago?) – it was exciting, fired my young imagination and seemed like a fully-realized creation, manned with real people doing real things in fantastic settings (I wanted …

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Olympics: “Real” U.S. Dominance

By any reasonable measure the American medal count is impressive as hell, leading its closest rival Russia by 23 medals as of Friday morning. The lead at the moment in golds is only 28 to 25 over China, but the total medal lead over China is about 30, and recall …

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Pushing the Envelope: More Thoughts On the Olympics

Watching a large block of the Olympics last night yielded a few semi-random thoughts: The men’s and women’s gymnastics apparatus finals: I can understand why these incredibly strong, flexible, tough, determined, fearless, crazed little freaks of nature (in the best possible sense) dedicate their (mostly) young lives to their sport: …

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Bear Beer Binge

What is it with bears and beer? At least three beer companies – Hamms, Hofmeister, and Labatts – have used bears as their mascot. Perhaps this is due to incidents like the following: A black bear was found passed out at a campground in Washington state recently after guzzling down …

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Hamm: I’m Proud to Be of the Same Species

Because we drag our dead asses out of bed at 6am [editor – EASTERN], it has become our custom to watch the last hour-and-a-half or so of the Olympics from bed, drifting off to dreamland between verbal ejaculations from various intemperate announcers as gymnasts twist, spin and fly, and swimmers …

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Jimmy Neutron, Girl Singer

Damn, the toons at Nickelodeon are great right now: how can you go wrong with SpongeBob, Fairly Odd Parents, and Jimmy Neutron (not to mention the classic Rugrats and neo-Rugrats All Grown Up)? I don’t even mind when Lily sits there and watches them for a few hours – it’s …

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