Tag: TV

TiVo Alert: PITCHMEN on Discovery

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 16, 2009

Billy Mays (the bearded one) and Anthony Sullivan (the other guy) are two of those “As Seen on TV” pitchmen, shilling products ranging from stick-up lightbulbs to cleaning supplies to other handy household products.

Since these infomercials have become so ingrained in the public consciousness (“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”), The Discovery Channel has decided to make Pitchmen, a reality-TV show about what it takes to get a new product from the pitch to TV.

Similar in concept to the ABC program AMERICAN INVENTOR from a few years ago, people from around the country bring their inventions to a pitch meeting with Billy, Anthony, and the president of Tele-Brands in the hopes that they too have the Next Greatest Must-Have item.

Along the way, we learn a little bit about what it takes to be a successful telemarketed product, such as:

Tags advertising, marketing, reality tv, TV

Music TV

American Idol Singers Ranked

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 16, 2009

Victor Balta at Comcast has RANKED ALL 82 OF THE AMERICAN IDOL FINALISTS SO FAR, FROM WORST TO FIRST.

We can all agree that the top ten of all American Idols should be these folks, even if some of the specific ranking numbers may need to be tweaked a little amongst the top 5:

Kelly Clarkson
Carrie Underwood
Chris Daughtry
Clay Aiken
David Cook
Jordin Sparks
David Archuleta
Fantasia Barrino
Ruben Studdard
Tamyra Gray

Me, I would rank Archuleta, Fantasia, Ruben, and Tamyra a little lower into the teens. Just didn’t see what all the fuss was about.

Tags Music, reality tv, TV

TiVo Alert: BBC America’s “BBC AMERICA REVEALS”

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 9, 2009

The BBC has given us lots of high-quality programming over the years, such as Doctor Who and Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

But if you really want to watch some fascinating TV, you should check out the documentaries that BBC America is airing on Thursdays at 9:00pm ET, as part of their “BBC AMERICA REVEALS” series.

Coming in the next few weeks are episodes about women who fall in love with inanimate objects (“Married to the Eiffel Tower”), and men who are sexually attracted to their cars (“My Car is My Lover”).

Recent episodes have included the following:

Tags Party Talk, TV

Gambling Games TV

Lessons Learned from THE BEST DAMN POKER SHOW

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 2, 2009

I’ve been watching THE BEST DAMN POKER SHOW on Fox Sports Net.

It’s a tournament-based series, with two teams of (mostly) amateur poker players competing against each other and coached by poker pros Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth. For whatever reason, I can’t watch most poker programs on TV, but shows like this one or Bravo’s prematurely cancelled CELEBRITY POKER SHOWDOWN that offer decent, approachable advice for the casual player (along with a little bit of personality and humor) are more entertainly watchable for me versus the more serious World Poker Tour or High Stakes Poker shows.

Besides, who wouldn’t want to get free poker advice from Annie Duke, Phil Hellmuth, or Phil Gordon (an early commentator on CPS)? As such, I turn you to one small piece of advice learned from season 2, episode 5, of The Best Damn Poker Show.

Tags Gambling, game, Las Vegas, poker, TV, Video

News TV

TiVo Alert: Head Rush on Cartoon Network

Post author By web gangsta
Post date March 25, 2009

Sure, it may not even be scheduled to air yet, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t set a TiVo reminder to record HEAD RUSH on Cartoon Network when it airs later this year (along with the rest of the new Cartoon Network shows planned for 2009, which – oddly enough – aren’t all cartoons).

What’s HEAD RUSH?

Only the coolest game show idea to come along in a long, long time:

Tags News, theme parks, TV

Funny TV Video

Parodies of Lonely Island’s SNL Digital Shorts

Post author By web gangsta
Post date March 10, 2009
1 Comment on Parodies of Lonely Island’s SNL Digital Shorts

You’ve seen the SNL DIGITAL SHORTS on Saturday Night Live for the past few years. Many people have said that they’ve been the most consistently funny part of the show since they’ve begun.

All the shorts are the brainchildren of The Lonely Island comedy group – Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. (Click the album cover image, buy their album — it comes with a DVD with many of their Digital Shorts, some never seen on TV)

They won an Emmy award for the Justin Timberlake collaboration, Dick in a Box. But other Internet users are taking notice, and making their own versions of the original films. The first big Digital Short, Lazy Sunday, was the start of the parody run, but as you can see, it certainly wasn’t going to be the last. Here are 14 different parodies that you may not have seen before:

Jizz in my Pants

Tags Saturday Night Live, SNL, TV, Video

Disney TV

Full House Screws Up Walt Disney World

Post author By web gangsta
Post date February 28, 2009
4 Comments on Full House Screws Up Walt Disney World

One thing that I get annoyed with is when TV shows take liberties with established facts about existing places. For example, MTV’s Road Rules screwed up in their first season by showing the Winnebago driving north on a highway. The problem was that each subsequent highway shot was from a section of road that was further south than the previous one. All the editors had to do was place those highway shots in their correct order. They were going to show those shots anyway, so at least be smart about it. It was like insisting that the first five letters of the alphabet are “A-B-E-D-C”.

Tags Disney, Epcot, Full House, MTV, Road Rules, TV, Walt Disney World

Funny TV Video

Every Curse Word on HBO’s The Sopranos, ever

Post author By web gangsta
Post date February 10, 2009

Everyone knows that The Sopranos on HBO just wasn’t the same in its censored, rehashed version that was aired on A&E during its so-called “syndication”.

I know that they filmed the series with two scripts specifically for the syndicated market, but the softer censored version just didn’t do the original justice.

So here it is, a 27 minutes-long recap of every swear word used on The Sopranos, shown in chronological order.

the sopranos, uncensored. from victor solomon on Vimeo.

UPDATE:

Looks like the original has been taken down. Try viewing part one, until it too goes away…

Tags HBO, Sopranos, TV, Video