Sunday, June 25, 2006
I love my PVR
One neat feature of my PVR than never gets credit is the scale that shows up and tells you what percentage of the show has been watched. Where you are, or more importantly, how far in did you jump, when changing channels. A movie may be worth watching, depending on how much you missed.
An easy bar graph helps me decide.
I can also hit INFO, and it'll list a few staring roles, and a plot summary. This is basically the same kind of info a printed TV listings would offer.
I'm old enough to say; "I remember when the TV listings were detailed for all 24 hours... not grids. Grids came out first as a nice summary, but quickly, a replacement.
Even the full guides started bundling Monday to Friday in one listing.
I choose not to use the literary famous quote about "them coming for me, and I did nothing"
But I couldn't resist.
I love my FAV button. It lets me scan 6 channels that are most likely to contain something worth watching... personalized.
I scan SPIKE, SPACE, COMEDY, DISCOVERY, TBS and STAR
If those don't stop me, I usually go to the PVR list.
The PVR list - Personal Video Recorder... think of it like an MP3 Player for TV shows. Its a list of all the ones my machine downloaded for me.
In other words, a free access version of all the shows I like, old and new. Being a PVR owner means never missing an episode of the shows you like.
Your TV life changes, because you watch whenever you want, and you never miss an episode. You become a SHOW watcher instead of a TV watcher. You watch a few pilots, and pick your favourites.
Then, each week you have them all to choose from. Sometimes I'm in the mood for a HOUSE or BOSTON LEGAL, and sometimes I'm in the mood for Kathy Griffin's Life on the D-LIST or BIG BROTHER and sometime Star Trek.
It becomes easy to try new shows. Just pick them from the TV listings, up to a week ahead, and then watch them later, with the FAST FORWARD in hand. You can delete it at any time, and then watch something else.
You don't have to start watching shows at 7pm sharp, or 8pm, or 9pm.
If you come home at 7:58 because you need to catch Survivor, you may pass on out on away the shopping till the first commercial break. With a PVR you, you can do stuff anytime, with paused TV, just like a VCR or DVD.
You can even pause LIVE TV while you're watching it.
Pausing isn't just for running off to perform some food related activity. It's for the phone callers who don't respect the synchronization of phone calls and commercials - the nerve.
It's for anything. The baby's first words are THAT'S HOT needs a pause.
The cat falling in the snake pit. That demands a pause.
Sometimes the pause is required just to explain what you've just seen to a friend or older relative who keeps asking who that man is.
Or which hobbit is on which team.
I often need to pause, just for a break. A mental nap and recap.
...and to go get a water. I have since installed a fridge nearer the TV.
Take a water - leave a water.
The next best feature you'll become addicted to once you've lived with it for a while. The rewind, or preset 10 second recap.
The best friend of those who think they may be A.D.D.
What the hell was that? If you've ever thought that, or the Christian safe version using HECK or less - then the 10n second recap, or rewind if your best friend. I've used it 10 times in a row till I heard a crucial mumbled phrase or two.
---WOW ALERT--
SCAM! SCAM! SCAM!
I was just watching TV LIVE... and a commercial came on that yelled so loud I had to watch. It was a pitchman selling a scam.
A huge money making, 100% legal scam.
Hmmm... I got a chance to watch it again. A well timed perfect example of the power of the PVR. I was able to copy it to the hard disk and output it as a FLASH file. (Remember, this was LIVE TV I was watching Sunday afternoon at 2pm)
ON first watching, I heard the pictures talk about the Sony PlayStation, but the prize listed as a "game station", which could mean, a $19.00 knockoff.The $2 ticket price per entry was soft spoken at the start of the commercial. I surmised that this scam was going to make THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS in one day, from kids who think they're winning a PlayStation, and have no clue what it's costing.
Till the bill arrives.
When I watched it a second time, they did say YOU COULD WIN A PLAYSTATION, but it wasn't directly linked to the call as a ballot... so I'm not sure.
I rewound it again, and discussed the commercial with a friend. I learned only the third time, when a casual PAUSE happened to allow me to read the trust contest may require a $4.00 per week commitment, and can only be cancelled on the Internet. I hope you saw the http://text4win.com and wrote it down in the 3 seconds it was illegible at the bottom of the screen.
The text message is not you ballot.
This particular commercial was placed at the end of the hour on a TV show almost certainly being watched by families. The key demographic of the WANTS and The PAYS FOR together.
Not so much a scam, as evil. Breaking our trust in commercials the way they did with SPAM.
The Internet has trained me to not trust any contests or requests for money anymore. I'm still undecided if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
It's a problem that much of society relies on basic trust, and that same society is allowing trust to be crushed and destroyed more and more each day. Crushing trust should be among the highest crime. It is a crime against people, but a huge blow to the national moral and morals. (sic)
If I ever win a contest, and will be notified by email, I'll never know I won. That upsets me, but that's a whole other zeppelin.
I now resume my TV watching, right where I left off, almost 30 minutes ago.
First, I fast Forward past the commercials.
The bar meter at the bottom of the screen tells me I didn't miss much. It was over anyway. I click LIVE and start all over again.
An easy bar graph helps me decide.
I can also hit INFO, and it'll list a few staring roles, and a plot summary. This is basically the same kind of info a printed TV listings would offer.
I'm old enough to say; "I remember when the TV listings were detailed for all 24 hours... not grids. Grids came out first as a nice summary, but quickly, a replacement.
Even the full guides started bundling Monday to Friday in one listing.
I choose not to use the literary famous quote about "them coming for me, and I did nothing"
But I couldn't resist.
I love my FAV button. It lets me scan 6 channels that are most likely to contain something worth watching... personalized.
I scan SPIKE, SPACE, COMEDY, DISCOVERY, TBS and STAR
If those don't stop me, I usually go to the PVR list.
The PVR list - Personal Video Recorder... think of it like an MP3 Player for TV shows. Its a list of all the ones my machine downloaded for me.
In other words, a free access version of all the shows I like, old and new. Being a PVR owner means never missing an episode of the shows you like.
Your TV life changes, because you watch whenever you want, and you never miss an episode. You become a SHOW watcher instead of a TV watcher. You watch a few pilots, and pick your favourites.
Then, each week you have them all to choose from. Sometimes I'm in the mood for a HOUSE or BOSTON LEGAL, and sometimes I'm in the mood for Kathy Griffin's Life on the D-LIST or BIG BROTHER and sometime Star Trek.
It becomes easy to try new shows. Just pick them from the TV listings, up to a week ahead, and then watch them later, with the FAST FORWARD in hand. You can delete it at any time, and then watch something else.
You don't have to start watching shows at 7pm sharp, or 8pm, or 9pm.
If you come home at 7:58 because you need to catch Survivor, you may pass on out on away the shopping till the first commercial break. With a PVR you, you can do stuff anytime, with paused TV, just like a VCR or DVD.
You can even pause LIVE TV while you're watching it.
Pausing isn't just for running off to perform some food related activity. It's for the phone callers who don't respect the synchronization of phone calls and commercials - the nerve.
It's for anything. The baby's first words are THAT'S HOT needs a pause.
The cat falling in the snake pit. That demands a pause.
Sometimes the pause is required just to explain what you've just seen to a friend or older relative who keeps asking who that man is.
Or which hobbit is on which team.
I often need to pause, just for a break. A mental nap and recap.
...and to go get a water. I have since installed a fridge nearer the TV.
Take a water - leave a water.
The next best feature you'll become addicted to once you've lived with it for a while. The rewind, or preset 10 second recap.
The best friend of those who think they may be A.D.D.
What the hell was that? If you've ever thought that, or the Christian safe version using HECK or less - then the 10n second recap, or rewind if your best friend. I've used it 10 times in a row till I heard a crucial mumbled phrase or two.
---WOW ALERT--
SCAM! SCAM! SCAM!
I was just watching TV LIVE... and a commercial came on that yelled so loud I had to watch. It was a pitchman selling a scam.
A huge money making, 100% legal scam.
Hmmm... I got a chance to watch it again. A well timed perfect example of the power of the PVR. I was able to copy it to the hard disk and output it as a FLASH file. (Remember, this was LIVE TV I was watching Sunday afternoon at 2pm)
ON first watching, I heard the pictures talk about the Sony PlayStation, but the prize listed as a "game station", which could mean, a $19.00 knockoff.The $2 ticket price per entry was soft spoken at the start of the commercial. I surmised that this scam was going to make THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS in one day, from kids who think they're winning a PlayStation, and have no clue what it's costing.
Till the bill arrives.
When I watched it a second time, they did say YOU COULD WIN A PLAYSTATION, but it wasn't directly linked to the call as a ballot... so I'm not sure.
I rewound it again, and discussed the commercial with a friend. I learned only the third time, when a casual PAUSE happened to allow me to read the trust contest may require a $4.00 per week commitment, and can only be cancelled on the Internet. I hope you saw the http://text4win.com and wrote it down in the 3 seconds it was illegible at the bottom of the screen.
The text message is not you ballot.
This particular commercial was placed at the end of the hour on a TV show almost certainly being watched by families. The key demographic of the WANTS and The PAYS FOR together.
Not so much a scam, as evil. Breaking our trust in commercials the way they did with SPAM.
The Internet has trained me to not trust any contests or requests for money anymore. I'm still undecided if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
It's a problem that much of society relies on basic trust, and that same society is allowing trust to be crushed and destroyed more and more each day. Crushing trust should be among the highest crime. It is a crime against people, but a huge blow to the national moral and morals. (sic)
If I ever win a contest, and will be notified by email, I'll never know I won. That upsets me, but that's a whole other zeppelin.
I now resume my TV watching, right where I left off, almost 30 minutes ago.
First, I fast Forward past the commercials.
The bar meter at the bottom of the screen tells me I didn't miss much. It was over anyway. I click LIVE and start all over again.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
America has talent
We've proven we like to watch odd people make a living or an art out of being crazy, and talented.
Everyone makes their mark.
I just watched a guy snap his fingers to Wipeout.
I said cool.
David Hasselhoff, Brandi, and they guy we're going to hate from another country agreed.
The snappist looks foreign, but talks American. I wonder if that just works better for him. People expect off talents from the Europeans.
The Horn guy can make a living at fairs, but he ain't no finger snapper.
Cruel waited till the second guy. The British dude was over the top mean.
Some people get through KNIWUBG they have no chance. Horn guy is good enough for TV to give him a bio and week 2. It'll change his life. That's the cool thing I guess. We may never see people again, but at their end of their life, it's never the same again.
Of course, this is nothing new, just modern. It's the 2006 version of THE GONG SHOW, but formulized to the Idol format because it's hot. Ed sullivan and every other variety show since TV was black and white.
Odd sells, and odd good is mind boggling. I am always amazed at watching odd and spectacular talent. I won't say I seeked it out, but have seen a fair share, in TV and in person.
People go on this show with no dream of winning. Just the dream of being on TV.
15 minutes of fame is more alive today than ever.
Moses Znimaer knew it years ago. The future of TV is the viewing public as the audience and content, at least a little. 15 seconds on TV is all it can take, to point a life in a new direction.
Bad acts and good acts. Fame can come fast today, because obscure fanship is a great way to create an individual way to stand out. Picking someone to be a fan of is as unique as fashion. IT helps define you. You can be a fan of the regulars... the presets if you will Hollywood creates for the masses, or you can pick you own favourite, and create a myspace page of worship.
If you're on TV, you can be an underdog to watch... like a stock. Everyone loves to be a fan before the masses. Seinfeld lost some of it;'s charm when EVERYONE loved it. A few of us, remember the days of the Chronicles when only a select few were fans.
I was a Ren and Stimpy fan from episode #1.
If appearances like Sid the Kid, and that 4 boy, boy band are any indication, you know they have web sites and fan pages already. They have fame, at a manageable level.
This black 8 year old memorizes lines well. There is NO WAY it was self written... does that not disqualify him - or her. Oh.. her. Very funny set, but she isn't writing it.
Good TV. Family demographic and a huge role model to 8 year olds everywhere.
Making singing 8 year olds is so last year.
New hope and a new "way out of the ghetto - or playground" is vital.
The message: being weird CAN be ok and cool.
Why on earth was the juggler given a minute... and then to come back? What the hell? He was horrible. I have seen a mil;lion jugglers, and almost every time, they're fresh and new and hilarious and awesome.
The only thing I can think of is this: Instantly, when watching this, a million jugglers all acrfoss North America simultaniously said or thought; What the hell? I am better than that".
The show needs to inspire with hope. You CAN BE BETTER than that... and next season is 3 months away.
Juggling is a logical choice... the gateway talent. Part way between novelty, and art.
I love watching an original juggling act. Right back to Harry Anderson, up to the thousands of nameless artists who have entertauined me over the years.
Juggling... the unknown artist sport
I hope we see some of them on this show.
Anticipation brings me back.
I think this show will get ok reviews. They'll attack the judges, but the formula format is sound, and the talent is more watchable than music. A much wider fan base that spans the trash to the class. Jerry Spinger fans and West Wing watchers will come together to watch American talent.
Or hope.
Or denial.
All equally fun to watch.
The next act was a very European style act with mini horses. The crowd wanted the gong, but the judges must have had a deal.
It was the kind of show I'd see at Toronto's Caravan (multi-culture celebration)
The audience booed. Yikes. I know how hard it is to go on a stage and be rejected. Crushing.
Regis saved the spot. I'd love to know he writes his own stuff. I want to believe he does, so I won't research it.
I'd like to see more of these guys in movies... or on tour.
Talent tours are not freak shows.
Not after tonight, anyway.
I didn't even want to comment on the male stripper.
I find it hard to believe he actually stripped.
He'll do well after today.
But I don't understand why they voted yes. They gonged him.
Next up with have the 14 year old Whitney. This isn't the venue for her future, but it'll make her a hit at weddings till somebody else calls to be her agent.
It does show one thing. If American Idol contestants had THAT kind of firt impression, the show would be different. She's auditioning fully produced... We'll see her again.
We also got a chance to see the first hint of the judges planned battles. Hasslehof yelled in Brandi's ear and she seemed upset. We'll have updates as this progresses.
SOmething about this show seems to produced. It feels more like entertainment than a contest. I wouldn't be surprised if in 10 years, it's common knowledge that the first decade of the new milenium was known for the reality TV scam. It never existed. The entire thing was just TV, scripted like everything else.
Or at least some... or most...
It's all in the percentages.
Ventriliqiists are like jugglers. I love a good original act. I bow to them to be original with an age old concept. THis guy was my new favourite. Funnier than jalepenops on a stick.
I loved him.
In fact, I ALMOST don't ebleiev it
And then they debate whether he's through... I'd be floored if he didn't.
Heheheh... He makes an age joke, and gets points? A "joke" about being old isn't really point-worthy, especially if you follow it up with pointing it out.
Brandi has voted herself the vote headmaster, so she never has to say No. She gets the others to make the majority. Sneaky.
Next up is an Arnold Impressionist. When I saw these the first time, we were mocking them on Last Comic Standing as the signature impression of hacks.
He is not even funny at a bar.
He is a little crazy. Ed the Sock would destroy him.
Next up was thye kind of act that doesn't get much call around here. Vegas maybe, but apart from shows like this, balancing is not an oly,mpic sport.
It is cool however. Cirque de Soley might hire him.
I bet he doesn't speak English anyway, so the comments were lost.
I'm jealous. Ever since I was a kid, balance is the one talent I wish I'd had. I use the word talent intentionally. I didn't think skill fit. People like this guy have a talent I don't. The guys who can balance a chair on their chin, or 2 dozen glasses amaze me. I can't keep a yardstick on my finger for a minute.
I've tried.
Every time I have a yardstick in my hand.. or similar objects, I try to balance them, and when they fail, I sigh wishing I could do that.
I don't know why. IT just always acted as a reminder that we are not all created equal, and who you are has a lot to do with who you were at conception.
In a million years, we're different species. I just don't have my tail yet.
But that's a zeppelin for another day.
When we talk about role models and an option other than crime for a future, team arobit baseketball artists is a sure winner. Globtrotters EXTREME for 2006. That may start a trend as big as snowbording.
CLIPPED! They clipped somnething Britisg Guy said to them about the Globtrotters... he was negative, and they cut it out.
Maybe he mentioned doing well outside the contest, and that seems to be a sad rule none of these shows breaks.
Tiptoe through the nose was rude. Too bad. His purpose was to let Branbdi make her announcement.
He didn't need to be mean and crazy.
I missed that one. Somebody made the decision.
I don't usually like to rant about commercials in the middle of a show notes session because you probably didn't see the same commercioals as I did, but if you say Met Life's IF commercial, you'll know how cool it was. I liked it.
I enjoy a good commercial. I don't even mind SPAM.
I just wish I could trust SPAM, and I can't. Every messages lies to me. That's what I hate about SPAM.
If SPAM could be true, I'd be a well hung home owning work at home multi millionaire.
I wanted Betty Victor to be good. Up till the first note, you didn't know. You want to believe old people are not crazy.
This one is crazy, and not a lovable crazy. Just old and crazy.
Brandi got out of saying No again.
The befant Sisters appear at JUST FOR LAUGHS I think.. or maybe that's a god act these guys ripped off poorly.
The juggler got booed, despite being better by far than the first bad one. He was a good juggler to watch at a party, but not the kind of original juggler I was talking about above. The kind you stand up for, and still only pay a loonie or two.
I guess they HAD to let him through... to fight and discuss WHY some don't go through.
Hasselhoff pulls out an UDDER pun when voting no to the dancing cow.
I laughed out loud when the black Gospel singer came out and tried to get the multi-racial audience stand up and gospel dance. White people felt obligated, but they didn't exactly know what to do... so the camera quickly looked for any group of black people to point at.
I don't think he's good looking enough to be a success.
Beyond the change for him and his Church.
But his web site will get some hits.
The next juggler was closer to my expectations.
Lots of people can juggle and impress you, but some are " a whole nuther level" to quote a Mad TV character.
Two animal acts came and went. Publicity for their zoo show career
In perfect production, the second act justified complaining about the first act. There is pet training, and then wow entertainment with trained pets. #2 goes through, #1 may even have to concede.
I liked the balloon guy. He may not be the winner, but he's better than the guy at my birthday party.
I don't think wrappin granny is on that level. She's impressive, but not over the top we call talent. I don't like her voice tone. Nobody would buy her CD, even if they laugh at her on stage as a novelty.
I'm also upset that the name Wrappin' Granny was a long time character from the Howard Stern Show... Not her... the original wrappin granny.
I certainly don't think she's what the show is all about. She may be an inspiration for bored grannies, but come on... You wouldn pay to see her.
Well.. that was it... till next week.
Everyone makes their mark.
I just watched a guy snap his fingers to Wipeout.
I said cool.
David Hasselhoff, Brandi, and they guy we're going to hate from another country agreed.
The snappist looks foreign, but talks American. I wonder if that just works better for him. People expect off talents from the Europeans.
The Horn guy can make a living at fairs, but he ain't no finger snapper.
Cruel waited till the second guy. The British dude was over the top mean.
Some people get through KNIWUBG they have no chance. Horn guy is good enough for TV to give him a bio and week 2. It'll change his life. That's the cool thing I guess. We may never see people again, but at their end of their life, it's never the same again.
Of course, this is nothing new, just modern. It's the 2006 version of THE GONG SHOW, but formulized to the Idol format because it's hot. Ed sullivan and every other variety show since TV was black and white.
Odd sells, and odd good is mind boggling. I am always amazed at watching odd and spectacular talent. I won't say I seeked it out, but have seen a fair share, in TV and in person.
People go on this show with no dream of winning. Just the dream of being on TV.
15 minutes of fame is more alive today than ever.
Moses Znimaer knew it years ago. The future of TV is the viewing public as the audience and content, at least a little. 15 seconds on TV is all it can take, to point a life in a new direction.
Bad acts and good acts. Fame can come fast today, because obscure fanship is a great way to create an individual way to stand out. Picking someone to be a fan of is as unique as fashion. IT helps define you. You can be a fan of the regulars... the presets if you will Hollywood creates for the masses, or you can pick you own favourite, and create a myspace page of worship.
If you're on TV, you can be an underdog to watch... like a stock. Everyone loves to be a fan before the masses. Seinfeld lost some of it;'s charm when EVERYONE loved it. A few of us, remember the days of the Chronicles when only a select few were fans.
I was a Ren and Stimpy fan from episode #1.
If appearances like Sid the Kid, and that 4 boy, boy band are any indication, you know they have web sites and fan pages already. They have fame, at a manageable level.
This black 8 year old memorizes lines well. There is NO WAY it was self written... does that not disqualify him - or her. Oh.. her. Very funny set, but she isn't writing it.
Good TV. Family demographic and a huge role model to 8 year olds everywhere.
Making singing 8 year olds is so last year.
New hope and a new "way out of the ghetto - or playground" is vital.
The message: being weird CAN be ok and cool.
Why on earth was the juggler given a minute... and then to come back? What the hell? He was horrible. I have seen a mil;lion jugglers, and almost every time, they're fresh and new and hilarious and awesome.
The only thing I can think of is this: Instantly, when watching this, a million jugglers all acrfoss North America simultaniously said or thought; What the hell? I am better than that".
The show needs to inspire with hope. You CAN BE BETTER than that... and next season is 3 months away.
Juggling is a logical choice... the gateway talent. Part way between novelty, and art.
I love watching an original juggling act. Right back to Harry Anderson, up to the thousands of nameless artists who have entertauined me over the years.
Juggling... the unknown artist sport
I hope we see some of them on this show.
Anticipation brings me back.
I think this show will get ok reviews. They'll attack the judges, but the formula format is sound, and the talent is more watchable than music. A much wider fan base that spans the trash to the class. Jerry Spinger fans and West Wing watchers will come together to watch American talent.
Or hope.
Or denial.
All equally fun to watch.
The next act was a very European style act with mini horses. The crowd wanted the gong, but the judges must have had a deal.
It was the kind of show I'd see at Toronto's Caravan (multi-culture celebration)
The audience booed. Yikes. I know how hard it is to go on a stage and be rejected. Crushing.
Regis saved the spot. I'd love to know he writes his own stuff. I want to believe he does, so I won't research it.
I'd like to see more of these guys in movies... or on tour.
Talent tours are not freak shows.
Not after tonight, anyway.
I didn't even want to comment on the male stripper.
I find it hard to believe he actually stripped.
He'll do well after today.
But I don't understand why they voted yes. They gonged him.
Next up with have the 14 year old Whitney. This isn't the venue for her future, but it'll make her a hit at weddings till somebody else calls to be her agent.
It does show one thing. If American Idol contestants had THAT kind of firt impression, the show would be different. She's auditioning fully produced... We'll see her again.
We also got a chance to see the first hint of the judges planned battles. Hasslehof yelled in Brandi's ear and she seemed upset. We'll have updates as this progresses.
SOmething about this show seems to produced. It feels more like entertainment than a contest. I wouldn't be surprised if in 10 years, it's common knowledge that the first decade of the new milenium was known for the reality TV scam. It never existed. The entire thing was just TV, scripted like everything else.
Or at least some... or most...
It's all in the percentages.
Ventriliqiists are like jugglers. I love a good original act. I bow to them to be original with an age old concept. THis guy was my new favourite. Funnier than jalepenops on a stick.
I loved him.
In fact, I ALMOST don't ebleiev it
And then they debate whether he's through... I'd be floored if he didn't.
Heheheh... He makes an age joke, and gets points? A "joke" about being old isn't really point-worthy, especially if you follow it up with pointing it out.
Brandi has voted herself the vote headmaster, so she never has to say No. She gets the others to make the majority. Sneaky.
Next up is an Arnold Impressionist. When I saw these the first time, we were mocking them on Last Comic Standing as the signature impression of hacks.
He is not even funny at a bar.
He is a little crazy. Ed the Sock would destroy him.
Next up was thye kind of act that doesn't get much call around here. Vegas maybe, but apart from shows like this, balancing is not an oly,mpic sport.
It is cool however. Cirque de Soley might hire him.
I bet he doesn't speak English anyway, so the comments were lost.
I'm jealous. Ever since I was a kid, balance is the one talent I wish I'd had. I use the word talent intentionally. I didn't think skill fit. People like this guy have a talent I don't. The guys who can balance a chair on their chin, or 2 dozen glasses amaze me. I can't keep a yardstick on my finger for a minute.
I've tried.
Every time I have a yardstick in my hand.. or similar objects, I try to balance them, and when they fail, I sigh wishing I could do that.
I don't know why. IT just always acted as a reminder that we are not all created equal, and who you are has a lot to do with who you were at conception.
In a million years, we're different species. I just don't have my tail yet.
But that's a zeppelin for another day.
When we talk about role models and an option other than crime for a future, team arobit baseketball artists is a sure winner. Globtrotters EXTREME for 2006. That may start a trend as big as snowbording.
CLIPPED! They clipped somnething Britisg Guy said to them about the Globtrotters... he was negative, and they cut it out.
Maybe he mentioned doing well outside the contest, and that seems to be a sad rule none of these shows breaks.
Tiptoe through the nose was rude. Too bad. His purpose was to let Branbdi make her announcement.
He didn't need to be mean and crazy.
I missed that one. Somebody made the decision.
I don't usually like to rant about commercials in the middle of a show notes session because you probably didn't see the same commercioals as I did, but if you say Met Life's IF commercial, you'll know how cool it was. I liked it.
I enjoy a good commercial. I don't even mind SPAM.
I just wish I could trust SPAM, and I can't. Every messages lies to me. That's what I hate about SPAM.
If SPAM could be true, I'd be a well hung home owning work at home multi millionaire.
I wanted Betty Victor to be good. Up till the first note, you didn't know. You want to believe old people are not crazy.
This one is crazy, and not a lovable crazy. Just old and crazy.
Brandi got out of saying No again.
The befant Sisters appear at JUST FOR LAUGHS I think.. or maybe that's a god act these guys ripped off poorly.
The juggler got booed, despite being better by far than the first bad one. He was a good juggler to watch at a party, but not the kind of original juggler I was talking about above. The kind you stand up for, and still only pay a loonie or two.
I guess they HAD to let him through... to fight and discuss WHY some don't go through.
Hasselhoff pulls out an UDDER pun when voting no to the dancing cow.
I laughed out loud when the black Gospel singer came out and tried to get the multi-racial audience stand up and gospel dance. White people felt obligated, but they didn't exactly know what to do... so the camera quickly looked for any group of black people to point at.
I don't think he's good looking enough to be a success.
Beyond the change for him and his Church.
But his web site will get some hits.
The next juggler was closer to my expectations.
Lots of people can juggle and impress you, but some are " a whole nuther level" to quote a Mad TV character.
Two animal acts came and went. Publicity for their zoo show career
In perfect production, the second act justified complaining about the first act. There is pet training, and then wow entertainment with trained pets. #2 goes through, #1 may even have to concede.
I liked the balloon guy. He may not be the winner, but he's better than the guy at my birthday party.
I don't think wrappin granny is on that level. She's impressive, but not over the top we call talent. I don't like her voice tone. Nobody would buy her CD, even if they laugh at her on stage as a novelty.
I'm also upset that the name Wrappin' Granny was a long time character from the Howard Stern Show... Not her... the original wrappin granny.
I certainly don't think she's what the show is all about. She may be an inspiration for bored grannies, but come on... You wouldn pay to see her.
Well.. that was it... till next week.
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Treasure Hunt
Notes...
What's with the host that speaks like a computerized voice? He's more choppy than a bad William SHatner impression.
Every show like this has people saying; "This is the toughest thing I ever did in my life" and they usually say it in the first 5 minutes of the show, long before it gets tough.
The product placement for cell phones was by Motorola Razr, but there is no way a Razor cell phone would work in either Alaska or the m iddle of the ocean... and it certainly isn't giving us video of the host.
ASK.COM paid for a nice plug, buit nobody got to use it for Morse Code. I wonder why.
Nice mullet. His buddy drives a limo and they don't tell us what he does. I guess coke dealer wouldn't go well on prime time.
The show is called Treasure Hunters, and we're told the clues will be tough... yet they seem to give up quickly.
This show is bad.
What's with the host that speaks like a computerized voice? He's more choppy than a bad William SHatner impression.
Every show like this has people saying; "This is the toughest thing I ever did in my life" and they usually say it in the first 5 minutes of the show, long before it gets tough.
The product placement for cell phones was by Motorola Razr, but there is no way a Razor cell phone would work in either Alaska or the m iddle of the ocean... and it certainly isn't giving us video of the host.
ASK.COM paid for a nice plug, buit nobody got to use it for Morse Code. I wonder why.
Nice mullet. His buddy drives a limo and they don't tell us what he does. I guess coke dealer wouldn't go well on prime time.
The show is called Treasure Hunters, and we're told the clues will be tough... yet they seem to give up quickly.
This show is bad.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Canadian Idol
I wonder if everyone is coached to be happy...
Most starving artists aren't. On LAST COMIC STANDING, everybody is homeless, depressed and NEED success. On Idol, they're happy and optimistic and want success.
Canadian Idol isn't on when its demographic meet in school the next day. It's a summer show. I wonder if that hurts or helps it. It sure helps the Internet, which becomes the watercooler.
I wonder how life changes for ANY teenager when they're seen on IDOL.
Do kids that got teased before... Still get teased?
Simon may be kind by comparison.
Most starving artists aren't. On LAST COMIC STANDING, everybody is homeless, depressed and NEED success. On Idol, they're happy and optimistic and want success.
Canadian Idol isn't on when its demographic meet in school the next day. It's a summer show. I wonder if that hurts or helps it. It sure helps the Internet, which becomes the watercooler.
I wonder how life changes for ANY teenager when they're seen on IDOL.
Do kids that got teased before... Still get teased?
Simon may be kind by comparison.
