WHATEVER YOU THOUGHT WAS TRUE? IT WAS TRUE. MAYBE WORSE THAN YOU IMAGINED. Another week, another podcast! This episode Garry talks about giving Mickey Rooney racing tips and Tom talks about the difference between working on The Joan Rivers Show… Read More ›
“You will see a procession of game shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, western bad men, western good men, private eyes, gangsters, more violence, and cartoons. And endlessly, commercials — many screaming,… Read More ›
FLASHBACK FRIDAY, APRIL 2017 I discovered Forever Knight when it was in reruns on the Sci Fi channel. It was showing around 2 in the morning. Garry was working the dawn patrol and had already left for work by the time the show… Read More ›
Non-Western Division, by Rich Paschall You have clearly been waiting patiently for the coming of my next top 10 list. Well, wait no more. I have diligently gone through the memory banks to produce some lists for you. After compiling… Read More ›
I’ve procrastinated too long on writing “my book” about life in the fast lane as a TV news reporter for more than 40 years. I may have found a reprieve thanks to an old friend who has given birth to… Read More ›
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ACTUAL PROGRAM Tom and Garry started talking about this years ago. Originally, the idea was for a book, but neither of them felt like sitting and writing all those pages — and besides. It’s really… Read More ›
A FLASHBACK FRIDAY FROM DECEMBER 16, 2019 “How come Gibbs is wearing a coat in Arizona in the summer?” I was talking to Garry. It was an NCIS rerun. We watch a lot of reruns, though this new fall season… Read More ›
The State of Television, by Rich Paschall When the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission spoke to the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, DC, he began his speech as one might expect. He offered praise for the “noble profession”… Read More ›
I don’t know who said it first, but I remember the first time I said it. It was almost 15 years ago and I was still thinking about the difference between work and retirement. I thought of working as “fast”… Read More ›
I’ve had Optimum cable as my TV, telephone and internet service for years. My cell phone provider was Verizon. I had no complaints. Everything worked fine and life was good. Then Ellin and I decided we should try to cut… Read More ›
One of the things I’ve noticed watching streaming rather than networks is the quality of the shows is better. Maybe it’s just the shows we’ve watched recently. For all I know, the rest of the shows are terrible. So far,… Read More ›
“How come Gibbs is wearing a coat in Arizona in the summer?” I was talking to Garry. It was an NCIS rerun. We watch a lot of reruns because we forgot what happened even when we’ve seen it before. A… Read More ›
There was no way I could write this without having Garry in the mix. He is, after all, Mr. Movie Mavin. So here we are again, with a lot of new material. Both Garry and I grew up in New York… Read More ›
Garry and I both grew up in New York in the 1950s. That was before cable. It even preceded UHF. Television was black and white. We had seven channels: 2 (CBS), 4 (NBC), and 7 (ABC), the network flagship stations. Then, there… Read More ›
The State of Television, by Rich Paschall When the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission spoke to the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, DC, he began his speech as one might expect. He offered praise for the “noble profession”… Read More ›
Garry and I binge watched the entire “Star Trek: Next Generation” four years ago on Netflix. We had missed the show’s initial run. 1987 through 1994 were busy years. Digging into careers. Getting married. Moving again. Watching television wasn’t a… Read More ›
First off, this isn’t a blog about “Senior Moments”. You know, like when you get up and go into another room and the second you enter the other room you can’t for the life of you remember why you’re there…. Read More ›
Judy Dykstra-Brown said she never saw any new movies on television when she was a kid because she lived in the middle of nowhere. I got to thinking about that. I don’t think any of us saw anything “new” or… Read More ›
So Garry wanted to get a show that’s a freebie if you sign up for a new installation of Starz. But we already have Starz, so while they might let you sign up, they won’t give you the teaser freebie… Read More ›
“The Saddle” was a TV studio, WCCA-TV. Worcester Community Cable Access television. It was nirvana for a retired TV news reporter. I was the guest. The hostess was Liz Myska, a lawyer who is also severely visually-impaired and an advocate… Read More ›
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