IT'S SO EASY, A TV BARN READER COULD DO IT
Cavemen, shmavemen. Which commercial mascot/portrayer didn't have their own TV series?
A) the baby from the Quiznos and Freeinternet.com ads
B) the Isuzu "Liar"
C) Josephine, the Plumber
D) Rosie, the Bounty paper towel waitress
E) the shirtless Diet Coke construction worker
[The question is mute. But channel surf down the dial to the bottom of the column for the correct answer.]
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TV Barn's TV Picks for Tuesday, June 26, 2007
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings
7 p.m.
"Code Lyoko" (Cartoon)
7:30 p.m.
"Fooled by Nature" (Animal Planet)
"Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl" (Cartoon)
8 p.m.
Really lame dreams come true on "America's Got Talent: New York" (NBC).
Really lame dreams are shattered on "On the Lot" (Fox).
Really lame dreams = "Conspiracy Moon Landing" (National Geographic)
"BET '07 Awards" (BET; preshow on E! at 7:30, postshow on BET)
9 p.m.
TELE-GEBRA
"The Biggest Loser" + "Kazaam" x all those lame segments on "Superfriends" where Aquaman or Wonder Woman would tell kids to eat more bananas and then Gleek the alien monkey would run off with them = "Shaq's Big Challenge" (ABC)
The natives hunt whales and the tide spells disaster as "Frontline/World" (PBS) explores life "After the Wave."
ACROSS THE WAVES DOWN SOUTH
Go "Cruising the Caribbean With Olivia" (Logo) and Suzanne Westenhoefer, Vickie Shaw, Karen Williams and the Indigo Girls.
"The Universe" (History): cheese samples from the moon
"Critical Situation" (National Geographic): "Apollo 13"
"Big Ideas for a Small Planet" (Sundance): "Sports: Apollo Creed"
"Dirty Jobs" (Discovery): "Billboard Installer for Showtime at the Apollo"
9:30 p.m.
"Dog the Bounty Hunter" (A&E): "The Last Call"
10 p.m.
Kathy Griffin's "Life on the D-List" (Bravo) comes with a rhinestone "Bedazzler" and a free set of steak knives as she auditions to be a host on the Home Shopping Network.
Owls well that ends well on "Miami Ink" (TLC).
Rock out with Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars on "P.O.V." (PBS).
"PrimeTime" (ABC): "Family Secrets," part 1 of 6
"Bad Girls Road Trip" (Oxygen)
"Criss Angel Mindfreak" (A&E)
"Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Inferno 3" (MTV)
"ECW" (Sci Fi)
"Air Emergency" (National Geographic): "Mystery Crashes"
"Secret Lives of Women" (WE): "Cheaters"
10:30 p.m.
"Rob & Big" (MTV)
"Fight Girls" (Oxygen)
midnight
"Falcon Beach" (ABC Family; series finale next week)
TALK SOUP
* King: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison
* Rose: Adam Moss, Barton Gellman
* Bruce Willis moonlights on "The Daily Show."
* Robin Roberts and Tip "T.I." Harris go for Roke(r) with Tavis.
* David France deep-fat fries "The Colbert Report."
* Amanda Peet, John Krasinski and Bryan Ferry are straight up with Dave.
* Michael Moore, Justin Long Moore and Mandy Moore call in sick to "The Tonight Show."
* Don Rickles and Keely Smith are down with Jimmy and the monkey from "The Loop," playing hockey with the kids.
* Janeane Garofalo, Tim Spall and Bob Marley wail with Craig.
LUCKY CHARMS: THE SITCOM
The "product placement" included the eponymous "Baby Bob," David Leisure as Charlie the annoying neighbor on "Empty Nest," Nancy Walker as "Rhoda's" mom and Lucky Vanous as a baddie on the short-lived Aaron Spelling soap "Pacific Palisades," but no casting calls for C) Josephine, the Plumber.
-- posted by Jon Delfin
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