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Le_Penguin Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 2/22/08 1:40pm Subject: RE: Must see TV
	Munch got a very brief cameo in this week's "The Wire." Fittingly, he was arguing about his bar tab. Word on the street is that Tina Fey will host this week's SNL. I can't bring myself to actually watch the show, but thankfully there'll be no shortage of youtube clips on Monday. "I did do an excellent job finishing my muffin."
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Le_Penguin Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 2/23/08 8:00pm Subject: RE: Must see TV
	Can someone who does have the patience to sit through a first-run episode of SNL post here if tonight's Tina Fey-hosted ep is any good so I can track down the torrent and/or inevitable YouTube clips? Thanks. "Jesus horse?"
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darthgoat Registered: Sep '01	Date Posted: 2/23/08 9:00pm Subject: RE: Must see TV
	She is hosting and so far there has been some funny stuff. -----signature----- -The Goat You forget that in your fairy tale I'm the wolf.
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DarthAstuart Title: President Emeritus, Chicago Force Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 2/25/08 8:55am Subject: RE: Must see TV
	All told, it was a pretty good episode. It was a little weird at points (the Tina Fey "hey, I'm gonna do update by not doing update" portion, while funny, felt strange), and a lot dumb at points (the opening sketch was awful--they shoulda opened with the Celebrity Apprentice bit, which was also kinda dumb, but funny dumb). Fey acquitted herself well throughout, Steve Martin made a good cameo, and the mock commercial was a laugh-till-you-cry bit. Worth torrenting/YouTubeing.... ...or just set your DVR to tape it every week, so you can fast forward through the commercials, the musical guest, and dumb sketches. We can do a 90 minute SNL in about 40 or so. -----signature----- Unconventional A tale of sex, booze, and geeks Buy it here (only ten bux!): http://www.lulu.com/content/777290 Download it free here: http://www.lulu.com/items/volume_52/777000/777290/2/print/777290.pdf Scope my blog at http://www.alertnerd.com
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Le_Penguin Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 2/25/08 1:07pm Subject: RE: Must see TV
	God Damn you people fro not watching "The Wire." I've resorted to the AVClub's boards for regular internet geekery for this show. "This ain't Aruba, bitch."
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Le_Penguin Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 2/29/08 12:56am Subject: RE: Must see TV
	Some quick thoughts after finally watching the full episode of the Tina Fey SNL... - Kristin Wiig does an awesome (and kinda hot) impression of Jennifer Tilly - Is the "drunk wedding speech" gag tough to mess up, or was that one as good as it seemed? Maybe its brevity kept it from sucking - Carrie Underwood's natural voice talent can't cover up the fact that she's blandly awful - To hell with all the crappy kids' movies he's made lately, Steve Martin is still great - Mike Huckabee's not funny (in fact, his moderate popularity is kinda scary) but he's a good sport. I can't see Hiliary or Obama doing something like that once one of them gets shoved aside - I didn't find Fred Arminsen (a white guy) in the role of Obama offensive, though I was somewhat bothered by his uniformly bad impression - The game show was a good idea wasted - Same deal with I Drink Your Milkshake - Overall, the whole thing wasn't bad. If they cut the episodes down to one hour, they might be able to put together a uniformly good show every week. Oh, and one more thing: Tina Fey, why you no call me after the show like I asked!? Don't you love me no mores? Please, baby, I make it up to you! Just come back to me!
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Le_Penguin Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 3/9/08 10:10pm Subject: RE: Must see TV
	Good night, "The Wire". "Come snuggle with me, Lester."
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DarthAstuart Title: President Emeritus, Chicago Force Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 3/14/08 8:39am Subject: RE: Must see TV
	Is anyone else watching Lost anymore? I've long since given up on theorizing about the show--my mind just can't hold all the necessary trivia--but it's been pretty good this season. -----signature----- Unconventional A tale of sex, booze, and geeks Buy it here (only ten bux!): http://www.lulu.com/content/777290 Download it free here: http://www.lulu.com/items/volume_52/777000/777290/2/print/777290.pdf Scope my blog at http://www.alertnerd.com
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Mos_Eisleian_Radio Title: FanForce CR Secretary Chicago IL US Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 3/14/08 12:16pm Subject: RE: Must see TV
	SciFi.com reports that Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Michael Hogan, Aaron Douglas and Lucy Lawless will present the Top Ten on Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday, March 19. That's on CBS, WBBM-TV (Channel 2) at 10:35 P.M. It's also the day after Battlestar Galactica Season 3 DVDs are released. Phil -----signature----- "There has to be a difference between us and those we fight. We must remain Jedi." "And if we lose? If more of us die?" "Then we lose and we die and we remain Jedi." Chicago Force Chapter Representative http://www.chicagoforce.org/
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Bosh_Talk Title: CR Emeritus and President Emeritus Chicago Force Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 3/14/08 12:56pm Subject: RE: Must see TV
	I think Lost has definitely gotten back the magic of the first season. I mean they'll never totally recapture that first season thrill....but one of the (cheap) reasons the first season was so awesome is the writers apparently threw a crap of cool mysterious stuff that they had no idea how to follow up on. So, now they're being more careful not to pain themselves into unexplainable corners which probably brings the thrill-o-meter back down a few hertz plot-wise. D' -----signature----- Visit the Chicago Force Message Boards at: http://www.chicagoforce.org/bb.asp MySpace sell-out.... http://www.myspace.com/boshtalk MFFF
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Hazmatt Title: FanForce Webmaster Chicago IL USA Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 3/14/08 2:02pm Subject: RE: Must see TV
	Mos_Eisleian_Radio posted: It's also the day after Battlestar Galactica Season 3 DVDs are released. Amazon just (within the last hour) sent me an e-mail saying that my Season 3 DVDs had shipped. Tracking number and everything. Estimated delivery, March 24. Bleh. -----signature----- Matthew ========================= Små hjerner, stor glæde http://www.chicagoforce.org
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Le_Penguin Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 3/21/08 1:26pm Subject: RE: Must see TV
	The HBO "John Adams" miniseries has started out pretty well. The first episode is kinda slow, focusing mostly on the Boston Massacre and the conditions that surrounded it. Episode two really gets into the meat of the Revolution, showing the deliberations of the Constitutional Congress as they lurched toward the Declaration of Independence. Two central figures (Jefferson and Franklin) were not seen too favorably by the series' primary source (McCullough's Adams biography from 2002, which is awesome btw), though they're both still pretty universally loved in most of American culture. We'll see what happens once Adams makes it to Paris. "There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live."
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Bosh_Talk Title: CR Emeritus and President Emeritus Chicago Force Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 3/21/08 2:27pm Subject: RE: Must see TV
	Did they get a good shot of Adams crapping his pants hearing news about Shay's Rebellion....while yelling to hang everyone as he ran. Adams was only around to make sure that democracy didn't get too much of a hold on the new nation. Thomas Paine should have punched Adams in the face. I can see where a fan of Adams wouldn't like Jefferson too much. I recommend anyone interested in that particular time-line read Chares Beard's: An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States, and these excerpts fromHoward Zinn: Tyranny is Tyranny & A Kind of Revolution D' -----signature----- Visit the Chicago Force Message Boards at: http://www.chicagoforce.org/bb.asp MySpace sell-out.... http://www.myspace.com/boshtalk MFFF
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Le_Penguin Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 3/21/08 5:38pm Subject: RE: Must see TV
	Recommending anything by Howard Zinn instantly decreases your credibility by ~70%. Adams didn't start seriously disagreeing/clashing with Jefferson until after the Revolution. Jefferson was an incredible person, but I'll take Adams' impassioned-yet-deliberate approach over Jefferson's bloodlust any day. Also, David Morse is great so far in his few scenes as Washington. "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House... with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
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Bosh_Talk Title: CR Emeritus and President Emeritus Chicago Force Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 3/21/08 7:14pm Subject: RE: Must see TV
	I can't imagine losing a larger percentage of my credibility than I have for being seen in public with your gullible ass. I wont try to defend Ho Zinn's writing style. It's annoyingly simplistic and heavily biased in an equally annoying way. However, it's hard to find a better counter to the BS American history we get in public schools (and most non-public schools while we're at it). Unfortunately, you'd have to read something and not just watch a docudrama about it...so I guess you're SOoL. D' -----signature----- Visit the Chicago Force Message Boards at: http://www.chicagoforce.org/bb.asp MySpace sell-out.... http://www.myspace.com/boshtalk MFFF
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