I'm getting so sick of the Olympics commentators. I get that they are supposed to be "Yay, U.S.!", but they've taken it to the point of poor sportsmanship ( Read more... )

We've been watching old Mission: Impossible episodes. It is a good show. But some of it is odd ( Read more... )

I saw part of an interesting nature show the other night. It was about giraffes, or at least the few minutes I watched were about giraffes ( Read more... )

I sort of watched the Superbowl. I was in the same room and facing the general direction of the screen for most of it. For the first half we were at my aunt's, and I divided my attention between the commercials, talking to my family, and watching my little cousins bicker. We left during halftime and Mom turned it on when we got home. I cross- ( Read more... )

NBC has rules about promoting religion. As I understand it, they can air shows discussing the Bible in terms of historical context and telling the stories, but can't preach. For example, they can show a movie about Daniel in the lions' den, but can't tell viewers that if they have faith in God and stand up for what they believe in, God will ( Read more... )

Joel Grey--the emcee in Cabaret, guest star in one of the earliest episodes of The Muppet Show, voice of the father in that animated Christmas special with the mice and the musical clock--is old.

I should have known this before, since he was old when he was a demon on Buffy (he was one of Glory's minions and the guy who told Dawn how to resurrect ( Read more... )