Archive for 'television'
If only “real” news covered this issue this way
Posted: January 8th, 2009 under Gold&Silver, banks, humor, money, news, television, video.
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Close the Money Hole?
In The Know: Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?
Posted: November 27th, 2008 under Amerika, banks, humor, meaning, money, surreal, television, video.
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Halloween too commercial
In The Know: Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?
Posted: October 31st, 2008 under holidays, humor, meaning, surreal, television, video.
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Campaign Drama
Was There Too Much Sex And Profanity In The HBO Presidential Debate?
Posted: October 16th, 2008 under Amerika, antiestablishment, humor, making, meaning, politics, surreal, television, video.
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Almost there . . . .
In The Know: Are Politicians Failing Our Lobbyists?
Posted: May 16th, 2008 under Amerika, antiestablishment, humor, meaning, surreal, television, video.
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Are you yelling yet?
Paddy Chayefsky wrote screenplays — some original writing, some screen adaptations — for some of my favorite films, that I have already reviewed, e.g. Paint Your Wagon and The Americanization of Emily.
I offer this segment from another Chayefsky favorite, which I have not yet reviewed.
A true classic has lasting relevance.
Howard Beale’s short [...]
Posted: April 2nd, 2008 under Amerika, antiestablishment, making, meaning, memory, movies, television, video.
Comments: 2
At last . . .
No, not the Etta James song . . .
I suppose it makes sense now that the media giants have a new contract with writers and fairly thorough penetration for the DVD sets containing many of their most popular old TV series, that they would start to stream some of them on the ‘net.
All of [...]
Posted: February 23rd, 2008 under memory, music, television, video.
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Stairway to Gilligan’s Island?
Enjoy Led Zeppelin? I do, immensely. Do you now (or did you ever) watch Gilligan’s Island? I confess, I did, long ago. Plus, more recently, I read Gilligan Unbound, an excellent analysis of some changes in culture since the 60s.
However, somehow I missed the mash-up of Led Zeppelin with Gilligan which apparently appeared briefly [...]
Posted: November 24th, 2007 under humor, making, memory, music, surreal, television, video.
Comments: 1