What's new at TV Barn
Tom Heald, the person who contributed more to TV Barn than anyone save myself, and a man who kept a whole virtual community of TV watchers and late-night aficionados going, died unexpectedly last week. http://tr.im/l1oV
I seem to be getting the Greensburg contagion. Now I'm checking out (and making videos of) sustainable architecture in my own backyard: http://tr.im/l1pc
All my green coverage is now collected at http://tvbarn.com/greensburg
Amazingly, the CBS affiliate clipped the crucial final minutes of Thursday's "Survivor" to bring viewers a tornado that was forming way out of the metro area: http://tr.im/kPHa
Speaking of CBS, remember that "60 Minutes" piece that gushed over Bank of America chairman Ken Lewis? Um ... http://tr.im/kDgB
"The More You Know" PSA campaign is turning 20. Here's my tribute page of Conan's parody ads: http://tr.im/kPSK
Local Emmy winners videos now online: http://tr.im/kUpe
Hallmark TV chief ankles: http://tr.im/kPYD
And in tribute to our fallen colleague, Tom Heald, here are some of the fake guest lineups he wrote over the years:
OPRAH on VACATION, Harpo Mo 1/2 You Go Girlfriend! Tu 1/3 Wooooooooooooooo! We 1/4 Oh Lordy. Th 1/5 Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm. Fr 1/6 Every busboy here gets a new car!
TOM SNYDER, at home in California Mo 3/12 Dinner with The Companion Tu 3/13 Frisbee(tm) in the park with Oliver We 3/14 recount all $200,000 made during 1971 skyjacking as "D.B. Cooper" Th 3/15 Grocery shopping, out of Ovaltine and Kiwi shoe polish Fr 3/16 Take The Companion to a movie and complain about all the swearing, leave halfway through, go home and pop "The Last Days of Pompeii" in the DVD player. Man, they knew how to make movies back then, didn't they?
THE DAVID MORSE SHOW, Dot TV Mo 6/26 .--. .- .-. .. ... / .... .. .-.. - --- -. --..-- / ... .... .. . .-.. -.. ... / .- -. -.. / -.-- .- .-. -. . .-.. .-.. Tu 6/27 . .-.. .- -.-- -. . / -... --- --- ... .-.. . .-. --..-- / .-. .. -.-. .... .- .-. -.. / .... .- -. -.. .- .-.. We 6/28 .--- --- -. / -.. . .-.. ..-. .. -. --..-- / -.- . ...- .. -. / ... .--. .- -.-. . -.-- Th 6/29 -- .- .-. .. --- / -.-. .- -. - --- -. . --..-- / ... - ..- .--. .. -.. / .... ..- -- .- -. / - .-. .. -.-. -.- ... Fr 6/30 .--- .- -.-. -.- / .... .- -. -. .- / .- -. -.. / .- / ..-. .-.. --- -.-. -.- / --- ..-. / ... . .- --. ..- .-.. .-.. ...
THE PAT ROBERTSON WEATHER REPORT, 700 CLUB Mo 7/10 Sunny, highs in the 70s, the anti-Christ is Jewish. Tu 7/11 Partly cloudy with a 20% chance that a plague of locusts will strike Venezuela. We 7/12 Rain showers in the evening, The Smurfs are promoting communism. Th 7/13 Hurricanes will strike anyone who doesn't drink my energy shakes. Fr 7/14 It will be gusty and humid most of the day, oh wait, that's just me.
SITCOM, TVLand Mo 7/17 Jack has to pretend he's married to Aunt Bea to inherit Mr. Drummond's millions. Tu 7/18 Lucy and Meathead try to win a talent contest to pay for the inscription on their parent's anniversary gift. We 7/19 Cliff, Norm, and Balki try to prevent the governor from eating the poisoned salsa. Th 7/20 Rob and Lumpy practice rushing to the hospital. Fr 7/21 Cousin Itt and Commissioner Gordon date the Pigeon Sisters
NIP / TAYLOR, FX Mo 9/11 After separating a pair of conjoined twins, Dr. Taylor showers them with shopping bags filled with confetti. Tu 9/12 Dr. Taylor's torturous affair with a porn star heats to a boil, in which he showers her with shopping bags filled with confetti. We 9/13 After failing to remove a 900-pound-woman from her vinyl sofa, Dr. Taylor showers her with 10 shopping bags filled with confetti. Th 9/14 While performing emergency surgery on Columbian drug mules, Dr. Taylor discovers that he's been set up and the contents of the otherwise gorgeous Sheila's stomach is two bags worth of confetti. Fr 9/15 After being cleared as a suspect in the infamous "Clutter" serial glitterings, Dr. Taylor wakes to find his gold lame boxer briefs jammed in a paper shredder.
THE WAR ON , Fox News Channel Mo 12/26 Kwanzaa Tu 12/27 Valentine's Day We 12/28 White Males Th 12/29 Drugs Fr 12/30 Wars
