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Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat November 13, 2021 3:51 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat November 13, 2021 3:53 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat November 13, 2021 4:17 pm
by wease
The big sister from That 70s Show
******
I don’t think she was written out as if she never existed. They would refer to her and IIRC, she would even come back for an episode now and then.
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat November 13, 2021 4:18 pm
by Jorge
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat November 13, 2021 4:36 pm
by BurtReynolds
wease wrote:The big sister from That 70s Show
******
I don’t think she was written out as if she never existed. They would refer to her and IIRC, she would even come back for an episode now and then.
Yeah I think she was written out.
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat November 13, 2021 6:04 pm
by epilogue
BurtReynolds wrote:wease wrote:The big sister from That 70s Show
******
I don’t think she was written out as if she never existed. They would refer to her and IIRC, she would even come back for an episode now and then.
Yeah I think she was written out.
She had severe substance abuse problems. I think she might actually be dead now.
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat November 13, 2021 9:24 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
The first three or four episodes of season 3 of Lost are more disappointing than I remember, other than Juliet.
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat November 13, 2021 9:27 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat November 13, 2021 10:18 pm
by wease
tragabigzanda wrote:epilogue wrote:BurtReynolds wrote:wease wrote:The big sister from That 70s Show
******
I don’t think she was written out as if she never existed. They would refer to her and IIRC, she would even come back for an episode now and then.
Yeah I think she was written out.
She had severe substance abuse problems. I think she might actually be dead now.
yeah wow, died in 2013 i just read
Wow
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Thu November 18, 2021 12:44 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
Is the point of Lost that most people are insufferable?
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Thu November 18, 2021 1:22 pm
by JuanHamm
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Is the point of Lost that most people are insufferable?
And that JJ Abrams doesn't know how to write a compelling story.
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Thu November 18, 2021 1:56 pm
by Monkey_Driven
JuanHamm wrote:lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Is the point of Lost that most people are insufferable?
And that JJ Abrams doesn't know how to write a compelling story.
Abrams had nothing to do with the show after the pilot.
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Thu November 18, 2021 2:06 pm
by JuanHamm
Monkey_Driven wrote:JuanHamm wrote:lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Is the point of Lost that most people are insufferable?
And that JJ Abrams doesn't know how to write a compelling story.
Abrams had nothing to do with the show after the pilot.
I guess I owe him an apology.
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Thu November 18, 2021 2:17 pm
by Monkey_Driven
JuanHamm wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:JuanHamm wrote:lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Is the point of Lost that most people are insufferable?
And that JJ Abrams doesn't know how to write a compelling story.
Abrams had nothing to do with the show after the pilot.
I guess I owe him an apology.
He expects it in writing.
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Thu November 18, 2021 6:49 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
I think I’m still glad I’m rewatching it. Maybe. We will see.
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Fri December 17, 2021 4:28 pm
by Biff Pocoroba
It’s still Dick Clark’s Rocking New Year even though he’s been dead since 2012?
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Fri December 17, 2021 5:28 pm
by The Argonaut
It's 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest'. And when Seacrest dies, it'll be 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest starring Finn Wolfhard'.
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Fri December 17, 2021 6:19 pm
by spike
Hahaha
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat December 18, 2021 1:51 pm
by Biff Pocoroba
I rarely watch late night talk shows anymore other than YouTube clips. If I had to pick a favorite I’d say Kimmel at the moment.
Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Wed December 29, 2021 12:01 am
by Biff Pocoroba
If you were wondering Jeff Garlin’s character isn’t being written out of The Goldbergs. With only 6-8 shows left to shoot this season he’s being written around by using unused footage or sound clips or stand ins. His absence will be addressed next season, if there is a next season for the series.
I don’t watch the show either but was curious.