Television

I’LL GIVE YOU MY REALITY IF YOU GIVE ME YOURS – By Tom Curley

By tomcurley1 on 02/16/2019 • ( 16 )

I figured it out! The solution to reality! This reality! This reality TV reality! The problem is not so much that we are living in a reality TV reality. The problem is that we’re living in a REALLY BAD reality TV… Read More ›

WHERE THE HELL ARE MY CARKEYS? – Tom Curley

By tomcurley1 on 01/28/2019 • ( 27 )

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 ›

TOP TV DRAMA THEME SONGS – Rich Paschall

By Rich Paschall on 01/20/2019 • ( 23 )

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 a list for you. After compiling… Read More ›

A MIXED MARRIAGE – BY ELLIN CURLEY

By Ellin Curley on 06/25/2018 • ( 22 )

I love my husband but we have a mixed marriage. I’m a total Rom-Com/ Sit-Com/ Doctor/Lawyer Show kind of girl. Tom is a Super Hero / Sci-Fi / Tolkien kind of guy. When we were first together, I’d religiously watch… Read More ›

ROSEANNE (FINALLY, AT LONG LAST) GETS HER JUST DESSERTS – Ellin Curley

By Ellin Curley on 06/04/2018 • ( 27 )

Everyone knows that Roseanne Barr’s new TV sitcom has been canceled because of racist/conspiracy theory tweets she made. I am thrilled! It may be mean-spirited of me to wish bad things on people that I consider vile, misogynistic, racist and… Read More ›

THE RUSSIANS IN LIBERTY – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 04/30/2018 • ( 16 )

Garry and I have been watching “Reilly – Ace of Spies” starring Sam Neill. It’s a really good, long mini-series. Very detailed, complex, and absorbing. Since it’s more or less historical, I know how it’s going to end … which… Read More ›

PERFECT!

By Marilyn Armstrong on 04/08/2018 • ( 33 )

We’ve been watching the reruns — from the beginning — of Blue Bloods. The family lives in a huge house that no cops I’ve ever known could afford. The house is meticulously kept. In other cop shows, the apartment owner… Read More ›

EXISTENTIAL THREATS AND POBs – BY TOM CURLEY

By tomcurley1 on 03/06/2018 • ( 9 )

I’m sorry, but I haven’t gotten all my renewed Star Trek fever out of my system. I’m having too much fun. So here’s another thing I’ve noticed that was popular in the original series, but not so much in the… Read More ›

WHY CAN’T THE TRUTH BE FUNNY? – BY ELLIN CURLEY

By Ellin Curley on 02/27/2018 • ( 5 )

There’s a common theme that runs through most sitcom episodes. And it hasn’t changed since sitcoms were first available on the radio. Lying. Humor is far too often based on people lying to one another – usually family members or… Read More ›

TALKING ABOUT TV – CONVERSANT ARE WE

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/23/2018 • ( 24 )

CONVERSANT ABOUT TELEVISION? We are not too sophisticated to watch TV. Despite Karl Marx who said “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium… Read More ›

REVENGE OF THE SANE – BY TOM CURLEY

By tomcurley1 on 02/07/2018 • ( 18 )

I’m writing this to try to find an answer to the mess we are in today. The fact is, Russian bots, trolls and right-wing “twitter twits” are waging a giant war on the truth and sanity. I’ve had many people… Read More ›

MORE STUFF – WORLD SHARING!

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/30/2018 • ( 29 )

Share Your World – January 29, 2018 If you had an unlimited shopping spree at only one store, which one would you choose? Why? Can I make that Amazon please? I would head for the cameras and computers and possibly… Read More ›

THE GREATEST THERE EVER WAS – GARRY ARMSTRONG

By Garry Armstrong on 01/27/2018 • ( 55 )

“Someday, I’m gonna walk down the street. People will look at me and say, “There he goes, the greatest there ever was!’” It’s a familiar line. We’ve heard it from would be wonder boys across generations. It’s a line we… Read More ›

STREETS PAVED WITH GOLD

By Rich Paschall on 01/07/2018 • ( 20 )

A Different Road, by Rich Paschall There are many people, especially those who live in third world countries I presume, who live in poverty, can not get a good education or good job, have infrastructure in need of building or… Read More ›

NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS – RICH PASCHALL

By Rich Paschall on 12/17/2017 • ( 24 )

Avoiding Stress, by Rich Paschall Recently I attended a talk at work regarding avoiding stress. We are in a deadline driven business and there can be a good deal of stress, so a talk on dealing with and reducing stress… Read More ›

BRING BACK VAMPIRES TO TORONTO – FOREVER KNIGHT!

By Marilyn Armstrong on 10/30/2017 • ( 9 )

What with Halloween just around the corner, this seemed a good moment to revisit my all-time favorite vampire show, Forever Knight. I discovered Forever Knight when it was in reruns on the Sci Fi channel. It was showing around 2 in the morning…. Read More ›